Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Fires menace hospital, harm homes
Blazes on Hawaii island and on Maui do damage and force evacuations
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 19, 2012
~~<p>A community hospital was evacuated on Hawaii island and three homes on Maui sustained some damage as wind-powered wildfires wreaked havoc on both islands Monday afternoon.</p>
<p>About 8 p.m., Hawaii County firefighters were still battling a blaze that had burned an estimated 600 acres of macadamia and coffee farm lands in Pahala, an agricultural town in the southern district of Kau.</p>
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A community hospital was evacuated on Hawaii island and three homes on Maui sustained some damage as wind-powered wildfires wreaked havoc on both islands Monday afternoon.
About 8 p.m., Hawaii County firefighters were still battling a blaze that had burned an estimated 600 acres of macadamia and coffee farm lands in Pahala, an agricultural town in the southern district of Kau. Login for more...
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