Hawaiʻi Fire Chief Kazuo Todd said the blaze in the Hilo Transfer Station’s sorting warehouse on Thursday is not suspicious at this time.
“Trash fires are not that uncommon due to what is placed in the trash,” Todd told Big Island Now this morning.
Hawaii police first reported the fire at 6:17 p.m., advising anyone with respiratory problems to avoid Leilani Street in the area of the transfer station warehouse.
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By about 9 p.m., the fire was extinguished and the smoke cleared.
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Tiffany DeMasters Tiffany DeMasters is a full-time reporter for Pacific Media Group. Tiffany worked as the cops and courts reporter for West Hawaii Today from 2017 to 2019. She also contributed stories to Ke Ola Magazine and Honolulu Civil Beat.
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