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Crews continued Tuesday to battle a brush fire in Waimea.
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Kauai firefighters continued to battle a brush fire Tuesday that broke out in Waimea the day before.
The fire started sometime after 3 p.m. Monday near the first water tank along Waimea Canyon Drive. The fire had since spread west, county spokeswoman Sarah Blane said.
The number of acres burned was uncertain, but Blane estimated it was in the “hundreds.” No homes or structures were threatened.
The Fire Department’s Air 1 helicopter and a helicopter contracted by the state Division of Forestry and Wildlife were conducting water drops. Blane said state forestry crews from the neighbor islands had been called in to help.
Earlier Monday a brush fire broke out at about
11 a.m. along Nonopahu Ridge on property owned by Gay &Robinson.
Firefighters, including the Fire Department’s Air 1 helicopter, a Jack Harter helicopter hired by the landowner, and water tankers and heavy equipment provided by Gay &Robinson brought the 60-acre fire under control by 1:30 p.m. It’s believed sparks from a pickup truck operated by Gay &Robinson caused the blaze.
Crews on Monday also extinguished a brush fire that broke out at about 2:45 p.m. along the coast near Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park. The size and cause were uncertain.
