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Harbor pilot slips, falls into rough waters in ‘scary situation’ as cruise ship preps to enter Kaua‘i harbor
The pilot was reported to be climbing a rope ladder from a pilot boat alongside the 3,090-passenger cruise ship Emerald Princess on Tuesday when he slipped and fell into the water on its port — or left — side, triggering a “man overboard” emergency.
Alaska Airlines flight diverted back to Anchorage, Alaska, while on its way to Big Island
Alaska Flight 255 left at just before 3 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 5) from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and was back in Alaska within just about 5.5 hours after pilots declared emergency and decided to turn around because of a reported maintenance issue.
Nāpōʻopoʻo home nearly a complete loss after being ravaged by weekend blaze
Hawai‘i Fire Department reports no one was injured in the single-story, 3-bedroom house fire that ignited sometime about 6 p.m. July 5 at 82-0954 Aka Ala St., forcing its husband-and-wife owners to evacuate.
Police launch arson probe after several suspicious brush fires in Ocean View
Hawai‘i Fire Department fire crews responded to reports of brush fires at 1:15 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, with three smaller fires already extinguished before they arrived to the scene of the earlier report, for a total of 4 blazes in the general area between Lūʻau Drive and Coral Parkway along King Kamehameha Boulevard.
Compactor sets large pile of scrap metal, tires ablaze when crushing car
Big Island firefighters discovered a 50-by-50-by-12-foot mound of scrap metal and large tires about 75% involved in fire under a covered, open steel metal building when they arrived at Big Island Scrap Metal at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Gray — and at times black — gritty smoke billowed into the air, easily sticking out against the bright blue clear sky.
Puna home destroyed in early morning blaze
When crews arrived on scene they found a 900-square-foot single-story residential structure, owned by Akamai Permaculture Trust, engulfed in flames and collapsed to the ground.
Kaʻūmana Cave County Park in Hilo closed because of partial collapse
The collapse appears to be in the area near the entrance to the cave. No injuries have been reported.
Big Island firefighters battle Pāhoa structure fire
The blaze at a one-story building in the Puna community was extinguished by 12:30 a.m. Saturday. No one was injured.
