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A Honolulu Fire Department Hazardous Materials unit responded to a chemical spill Thursday afternoon in Waikiki, which was determined to be paint.
The spill was reported at 2:27 p.m., and the first unit arrived at 2:33 p.m.
HFD personnel found a white liquid substance on the mauka side of Ala Moana Boulevard near Ena Road. It was found to be latex paint runoff from nearby building maintenance. The Hazmat unit used absorbent to remove the paint.
Some of the paint spilled into a storm drain, the Fire Department said. HFD notified the state Office of Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response and the Coast Guard.
Rubbish fire damages 2 vehicles
Police are looking for the suspect or suspects who started a rubbish fire Wednesday night that damaged two vehicles in the Kapiolani area.
Police said the fire broke out at about 7:15 p.m., causing damage to vehicles belonging to two men, ages 37 and 33.
A fire official said the rubbish fire near Hawaiian Brian’s caused minor damage to the vehicles and was quickly extinguished.
Police have classified the case as first-degree arson.
Conflagration destroys house in Pahoa
Fire destroyed an abandoned home Thursday afternoon in Pahoa, the Hawaii County Fire Department said.
The fire inspector determined the building was a total loss, estimating damage to the 1,300-square-foot, single-wall construction house at $130,000.
Fire officials said the house, on Nanawale Boulevard, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at 1:23 p.m. The fire was first reported at 1:11 p.m. Eight firefighters brought the blaze under control at 1:35 p.m. and extinguished it at 2 p.m.
The cause remains under investigation.
Stand-up paddlers rescued off Valley Isle
Maui firefighters rescued four stand-up paddlers off S-turns Beach in Honokawai on Wednesday.
At approximately 11 a.m. a bystander called 911 to report the stand-up paddlers — a family visiting from Arizona — were struggling to paddle against the wind and having difficulty staying on their boards, the Maui Fire Department said.
Fire crews responded, saw the family approximately 200 yards off Mahinahina Beach, then brought everyone to shore.
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