Firefighters spent Thursday afternoon protecting 20 homes from a wildland fire in Kunia that grew to 200 acres.

The Honolulu Fire Department said the blaze was 50 percent contained as of 9 p.m., with no reports of injury or damage to property.

HFD responded at 11:42 a.m. to a 10-acre brush fire within an agricultural lot near the intersection of Kunia and Plantation roads. The first unit arrived at 11:53 a.m.

Firefighters began extinguishing the flames and working to prevent the fire from spreading.

HFD personnel and equipment were used to safeguard about 20 homes along the lower area of the fire and were using fire hose lines and water drops from two HFD helicopters and one Honolulu Police Department.

“It looked like it was 30 to 50 feet away” from the homes, Katie Gowen, 21, a Royal Kunia resident said. “It was not as close as a fire two years ago, but it seemed like it could have gotten close at any second.”

Gowen was with her father in Aiea when her mother called. Two hours later her mother asked them to come home in case something happened. They packed up their animals and the car and were ready to go in case they had to evacuate.

At 8:20 p.m. Gowen said the fire was mostly out near the houses, except for a couple of flare-ups.