HomeMy WebLinkAbout20211025KFDDEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: October 25, 2021
COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
KAUA‘I FIRE DEPARTMENT
STEVEN R. GOBLE, CHIEF
(808) 241-4980
Firefighters extinguish brush fire in Hanapēpē
HANAPĒPĒ – Kaua‘i firefighters extinguished a brush fire that broke out in Hanapēpē late
Sunday evening.
No injuries were reported, and no structures were threatened.
At approximately 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, personnel from the Hanapēpē and Waimea fire
stations, and the Kaua‘i Police Department were dispatched to a brush fire along the makai side of
Kaumuali‘i Highway near mile marker 17.
KPD closed the eastbound portion of the highway from 11 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.
According to a preliminary report, crews arrived on scene and found brush fire along the
highway approximately 60 by 20 feet in size, with flames around 15 to 20 feet high. Crews utilized tank
water from Engine 6 and Truck 6 to stop the head of the fire from spreading. Truck 7 arrived shortly
after, and the fire was under control at approximately 11:50 p.m. It was fully extinguished at 12:10 a.m.
The cause of the fire is not yet known and remains under investigation.
The scene was cleared at 12:10 a.m.
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