UPPER PUNA ROAD BRUSH FIRE OFFICIAL REPORT
1:15pm Tuesday, 6/29/2021
13 HFD apparatus; 17 HFD personnel
MULTIPLE BRUSH FIRES, APPROXIMATELY 3 ACRES IN TOTAL
Cause is unknown and under investigation
MULTIPLE HFD UNITS RESPONDED TO BRUSH FIRES APPROX. 3 ACRES IN SIZE LOCATED ABOVE AND BELOW UPPER PUNA ROAD. THE BRUSH FIRES INVOLVED ULUHE FERNS, OHIA TREES, GRASSES AND BRUSH. THE FIRE WAS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS. MULTIPLE TRAILS WERE MADE FROM UPPER PUNA ROAD TO MAKE ACCESS, AS WELL AS HELICOPTER WATER BUCKET DROPS. THE FIRE WAS PUT UNDER CONTROL AT ABOUT 1700 AND HAS BEEN CONTAINED. OPERATIONS HAVE CEASED AT THIS TIME BUT WILL BE MONITORED OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE AT FIRST LIGHT IF NECCESSARY. UPPER PUNA ROAD REMAINS OPEN.
Vacant land & Ohia Forest
