Firefighters took out two fires that broke out around Molokai on Wednesday afternoon. The Maui Fire Department (MFD) was alerted about the fire at 3:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, for a fire on Lihi Pali Avenue in the Hoolehua area on Molokai. When firefighters arrived at the scene, a roughly 1,800 square foot structure was fully involved in a fire.
Firefighters began their fire attack by extending hose lines to extinguish the fire and prevent the fire from spreading to nearby brush. The fire was under control by 4:15 p.m. and it was extinguished later in the evening at 7:14 p.m. The fire took down an abandoned structure and no residents were displaced. The total loss from this fire is $119,200.
MFD responded to another fire at 5:10 p.m. in the area of Kalua Koi Road and Maunaloa Highway. Firefighters arrived at the scene to find a 1,875 square-foot barn and a 1,000-square foot storage shed both fully in flames. Firefighters extended hose lines to extinguish the fire and received assistance from a Public Works tanker that supplied them with water at the scene. Firefighters got the fire under control by 5:44 p.m. and extinguished it at 8:58 p.m.
