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Big Island firefighters extinguish Honokaa brush fire
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 04:30 a.m. HST, Jul 29, 2011
LAST UPDATED: 04:34 a.m. HST, Jul 29, 2011
Hawaii County firefighters extinguished a 2-acre brush fire on Hamakua farmland Thursday afternoon.
The blaze closed Highway 240 near the 4 mile marker as tradewinds fanned the flames towards the road.
Firefighters arrived at 12:18 p.m. and contained the fire by 2 p.m. The fire department helicopter conducted water drops and fire was extinguished at 4 p.m.
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