Two East Hawai‘i structures destroyed in unrelated fires

No injuries were reported following two unrelated structure fires in East Hawai‘i that occurred within the last 24 hours. The first blaze occurred on Tuesday evening. Hawai‘i Fire Department responded to a report of a brush fire at 8:09 p.m. in Hawaiian Paradise Park’s Orchidland Subdivision on Kiele Street. When crews arrived on scene, they found a single-story wooden structure, approximately 600 square feet, engulfed in flames and fully collapsed. The Fire was extinguished and the overhaul was completed with no occupants found in the structure. The structure is a total loss. A second fire occurred in Hilo early Wednesday morning. Hawai‘i firefighters responded to 41 Manaolana Place at 2:30 a.m. When they arrived on scene, the found a 1,200-square-foot single-story structure fully engulfed. The property owner was on scene and told authorities the house was unoccupied.
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Hawai‘i Fire Department gifted 27-foot rescue boat for westside shores

Hawai‘i Fire Department is celebrating the arrival of a 27-foot rescue boat after more than a year of working on funding with a local nonprofit. On April 27, the Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation, dedicated to raising funds for equipment for the fire department, officially gifted and blessed the Radon vessel in Kailua-Kona. Replacing a boat that is 30 years old, Hawai‘i Fire Deputy Chief Eric Moller said the new boat is equipped with radar and sonar and has a substantial motor, improving the department’s capacity to provide a stable and effective rescue. “All of our boats have radar and GPS trackers but the sonar is new,” said Assistant Fire Chief Darwin Okinaka, adding a cruise control feature is also available. The boat will be stored at the Kona station on a trailer giving first responders a faster response to any location along the West Hawai‘i shoreline.
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Follow-up: Federal fire officials investigate blaze that tore through home in Aiea

VIDEO: Authorities are investigating the cause of a blaze that tore through a home in the Pearl Harbor area over the weekend. Honolulu Fire Department officials said more than 30 personnel responded to the scene at Center and Tarawa drives around 2 a.m. It took more than three hours to fully contain, and the second floor of the building collapsed due to the intensity of the fire and condition of the structure, HFD said. No injuries were reported. Federal fire officials will be investigating the blaze because the structure is on federal land.
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