South Kohala Brush Fires May Have Been Intentionally Set

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From the Hawaii Tribune-Herald:

As firefighters worked Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a 500-acre brush fire in South Kohala, two additional brush fires, described as suspicious in nature, ignited, closing Mamalahoa Highway for a second evening. Read more.

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Photo: Fire control. (Steve Slater (Wildlife Encounters)

—Chad Blair

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