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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Rescue crews were called Saturday afternoon to help a swimmer trapped off the cliffs at the ‘End of the World’ shoreline in Keauhou. Crews were called shortly after 5 p.m. and arrived to find a man beneath the cliffs, tucked inside a small cave / pocket. His wife reported he was unable [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Emergency crews will resume their search at first light Wednesday for a missing man who was last seen camping Monday along the shoreline at Waipio Valley. The fire department reported the man told friends he was setting up a camp and going for a swim about 6:30 p.m. Monday. When firefighters were alerted [...]

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Fire/rescue crews answered a 5:53 a.m. alarm Sunday (May 12) to 15-1069 Kiawe Street in Hawaiian Paradise Park for a structure fire.

Firefighters found a single story building partially engulfed in flames in the back of the structure.

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A fire in the Keaukaha area of Hilo caused the closure of Kalanianaʻole Avenue for several hours Thursday (May 2).

At approximately 8:18 a.m., South Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of a fire on the 1900 block of Kalanianaʻole Avenue. Upon arrival, they found an older single-family dwelling and surrounding shrubbery burning and Fire Department personnel fighting the flames.

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Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a Puna man in connection with a suspicious fire Friday (April 26).

At 10:48 a.m. Friday, patrol officers and Fire Department personnel responded to a structure fire at Alulu Road and Oʻoaʻa Road in Hawaiian Acres. The fire was extinguished, but not before causing extensive damage to the structure. A Fire Department investigator determined that the fire was suspicious.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:33 a.m. alarm Sunday (April 28) to a structure fire at 15-2712 Nenue St. in Hawaiian Beaches.

Firefighters found a single story home with a room addition in the back engulfed in flames. Fire crews were able to have the fire out by 3:55 a.m.

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Fire/rescue crews answered a 10:47 a.m. alarm Friday (April 26) for a structure fire located in Hawaiian Acres on Road 6 between Roads C and D.

Crews found a multi-story home engulfed in flames. Crews used water from a catchment tank to extinguish the blaze and had the fire out by 12:13 p.m.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire early Friday at the Keauhou Surf & Racquet Club on Alii Drive. The blaze was reported at 1:11 a.m. Friday and brought under control at 2:46 a.m. Crews arriving at the scene at 1:23 a.m. discovered flames in the attic space, with smoke [...]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to an 8:09 a.m. alarm Saturday (March 30) to 28-0530 Kulaimano Road in Pepeekeo for a structure fire.

Two back bedrooms of the single-story home were heavily damaged by fire which crews had under control by 8:30 a.m. and declared out at 8:45 a.m.

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MEDIA RELEASE A Pahoa house was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning, but no injuries were reported. The 1,000-square-foot single-story house on 35th Avenue was fully involved with a partial roof collapse when firefighters arrived. Fire crews were alerted to the blaze at 8:46 a.m., had it under control at 9:10 a.m. and extinguished by 9:40 [...]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to an 11:14 a.m. alarm Monday (March 18) to an overdue hiker in the Hawaiian Paradise Park area of Puna.

The hiker, a 36-year-old man, was last seen by his father entering the forest area off 11th Avenue off Kaloli Drive at 10 a.m. on Saturday (March 16).

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:05 p.m. alarm Sunday (March 17) to 15-0827 Lemiwai Road in Hawaiian Paradise Park for a structure fire.

Fire crews arrived to find a three story home engulfed in flames. Crews from Hawaiian Pradise Park, Waiakea, Keaau and Pahoa fire stations battled the blaze and had the fire under control by 4:16 p.m. and it was declared out at 5:45 p.m.

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