Crash, gunfire hold up Kaaawa traffic

Police said an officer fired a service weapon Wednesday following a pursuit near Kaaawa.

Three people were arrested following the incident in the area of Crouching Lion about 1:45 p.m.

Police said plain-clothes officers were trying to stop a vehicle whose operator tried to flee. Officers gave chase and there was a crash.

According to preliminary information, a man driving the vehicle tried to ram an officer when he opened his vehicle door, and the officer fired one shot, police said.

No one was injured and police arrested the three people in the vehicle — two men and one woman.

Police arrest 2 over Ewa brush fire

Police arrested two people in connection with a fire that burned 2 acres of brush along Farrington Highway on Wednesday.

A man and woman, both 37, were arrested on suspicion of second-degree arson.

The fire, on a stretch between Kualakai Parkway and Kahi Mohala, was first reported at 4:08 p.m. The Honolulu Fire Department dispatched five units staffed with 17 personnel. The fire was declared contained at 8:45 p.m.

Despite the arrests, an HFD investigation is still underway, and the official cause of the blaze has not yet been determined, according to HFD spokesman Capt. Scot Seguirant.

Fire severely damages leeward farmland

State officials said the weekend’s brush fire in Leeward Oahu caused extensive damage at Waianae Agricultural Park.

Four of nine working farms at the park suffered total losses, according to the state Department of Agriculture, while eight lots were either vacant or had pending leases, but were not in production. All 17 lots suffered damage.

A preliminary survey conducted on Tuesday found approximately 75 percent of the 150-acre park was severely damaged by the fire.

The fire destroyed numerous crops, farm structures, vehicles, tools and equipment, and irrigation systems.

The state’s Agricultural Resource Management Division, which manages the park, is providing assistance.

Waianae Agricultural Park is one of 10 that the state makes available to farmers at a reasonable cost to encourage farming.

Flames scorch motorcycle, other vehicles

Honolulu firefighters and police responded to a fire that charred a motorcycle and surrounding vehicles in a parking lot of a residential building near the Ala Moana Hotel.

Firefighters responded to the fire in the parking lot of Atkinson Towers at 419A Atkinson Drive shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday. Police said a woman tried to start her motorcycle when it caught fire. Flames engulfed the motorcycle and spread to two sedans. The fire also caused significant damage to a sport utility vehicle.

Firefighters responded and brought the fire under control at 7:10 a.m. and extinguished it at 7:25 a.m., said Honolulu Fire Spokesman Capt. Scot Seguirant.