Firefighters extinguish outdoor fire in Hilo area


Firefighters responded to an outdoor fire caused by a resident burning rubbish near a homeless camp. The fire was put out, and there was no further danger.
Audio|Source: Hawaii County Public Safety - Hamakua/North Hilo
01:12
Transcript:
Yeah, eight alpha copy, I'm standing down, standing down. Control, A&A, 954, standing down. Control copy. Thank you, volunteers. No, (name withheld), Captaini. Such a quick, can you? Yeah, you can make your way down to this road. resident up further up she said she never smell anything burning but there are people down below living yeah copy that I can smell some smoke down in this area so if you can make your wait on here Fire control brush trucking. Yeah, uh, as we were leaving the homeless camp area, we found the resident running some rubbish, so we extinguished to the fire and now we're returning to players. Thanks, Bobby. Found a resident, burning rubbish, fire out. Returning.
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Hilo, HI 96720
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