UPDATE: The fire at the Hilo Transfer Station warehouse has been extinguished and the smoke has cleared, the Hawai’i Police Department reported in an advisory message at 9:17 p.m. Thursday.
Hawai‘i Police Department is advising anyone with respiratory problems to avoid Leilani Street in the area of the Hilo Transfer Station Because of smoke from a fire at the station’s sorting warehouse.
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