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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 6, 2017
ROBERT WESTERMAN, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-4980
Fax (808) 241-6508
Vehicles destroyed by fire
KOKE‘E – Firefighters responded to a multi-vehicle fire that occurred on Thursday
morning in the parking lot of the Pu‘u O Kila Lookout in Koke‘e State Park.
No injuries were reported.
Shortly before 10:30 a.m. firefighters were dispatched to the parking lot at the beginning
of the Pihea Trail. According to fire officials, a parked van initially caught on fire and the fire
spread to two other parked vehicles nearby.
Firefighters had the fire under control at roughly 11:30 a.m.
There were no occupants in the vehicles at the time the fire broke out. All vehicles are
considered a total loss.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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