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The following are status reports from county officials for the three fires in South Kona as of  Tuesday morning: Yee Hop Ranch (Honomalino) – Fire is out. Hokukano Ranch (5,000 foot elevation above Konawaena High School ) – Fire is still burning within the bulldozed perimeter.  Fire Department and ranch hands are on site. This […]

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UPDATED: 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29 (Attached are two aerial photos of the Kealakekua Ranch fire and two topo maps with GPS coordinates indicating the closest point of the Kealakekua fire to residential areas.) Firefighters continue to battle three brush fires burning in remote areas of mauka Kona, according to Mayor Billy Kenoi’s office Tuesday […]

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A 25 acre brushfire at Yee Hop Ranch which started Friday is contained to a kipuka with lava flows on three side and a firebreak on Saturday (Dec 26). Hawaii County firefighters and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park personnel are extinguishing hot spots along the makai firebreak side. The burn area will be monitored by the […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 10:04 a.m. alarm Friday (Dec 25) for a brushfire at Yee Hop Ranch in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates area of Ka‘u. The brushfire is located five miles above the 93 mile marker of Highway 11 at an elevation of 6,000 feet. The slow moving brush and grass fire is […]

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