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C O U NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
KAUA‘I FIRE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: July 4, 2017
ROBERT WESTERMAN, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-4980
Fax (808) 241-6508
30 acres scorched in Anahola brush fire
ANAHOLA – Kaua‘i firefighters extinguished a brush fire that broke out in Anahola on
Monday evening.
No injuries were reported and no homes were threatened despite the fire’s close
proximity to a subdivision owned by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Personnel from the Kapa‘a and Kaiakea fire stations responded to the open field below
Pilipoli Road at approximately 5:50 p.m. They were assisted by Air 1 which provided water
drops to the roughly 30-acre fire.
The blaze was under control by 6:30 p.m. but firefighters located a large pile of
abandoned mixed waste, such as vehicles, tires and other items, which made it difficult to fully
extinguish the fire.
A crew from the Department of Public Works responded with a bull dozer and helped to
move the waste to allow firefighters to access the items that continued to burn.
Firefighters left the scene at approximately 9:30 p.m. but the abandoned waste is
expected to smolder for some time.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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