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Hawai‘i Fire Department is watching for fires from Pāhala in the Ka‘ū District all the way up to Hawī in North Kohala. Deputy Fire Chief Eric Moller anticipates the Fire Watch to rise to a warning.
Talks are underway with officials from the Hawai’i Emergency Management Agency and all four counties about codifying a new emergency response protocol to use sirens during wildfires everywhere in the state. It could become official “within days.”
No injuries among residents or fire personnel have been reported as of Wednesday morning.
The body found in the ocean near the cliffs off Old Government Road in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision on July 30 has been identified as a 39-year-old from Hilo.
A brush fire that ignited on Monday afternoon in the Kaʻū District of the Big Island scorched 42 acres, damaging a garage and possibly some vehicles. Fire crews are now doing mop up work to prevent flareups.