KAILUA-KONA — A person of interest is in police custody after multiple small fires were set Monday morning at various locations in downtown Kailua-Kona.
KAILUA-KONA — A person of interest is in police custody after multiple small fires were set Monday morning at various locations in downtown Kailua-Kona.
Starting about 4 a.m., Hawaii Fire Battalion Chief John Whitman said firefighters responded to seven small blazes all within a two-hour period on or near Kuakini Highway.
“Some pyromaniac was lighting fires,” Whitman said.
The first incident was a dumpster ablaze reported on Palani Road. The second was a dumpster fire on Kopiko Street. There were five fires along Kuakini Highway, which included a small brush fire by Henry Street, a dumpster fire by Big Island Honda and a rubbish compactor lit up that spread to nearby brush behind Century 21 Plaza, just south of Kuakini’s intersection with Hualalai Road.
The last call came in around 6 a.m.
Fire crews also received a call about a rubbish fire at 8 a.m. at King Kamehameha Mall on Kuakini Highway.
According to Hawaii Police, a person of interest was taken into custody shortly after the incident on unrelated charges nearby.
The fires caused no major damage to property.
Great now this.
Probably one of the homeless mental patients.
Maybe this is the same firebug that has been setting fires in North Kona/ South Kohala for years!
Book’m Dano!
Surveillance cams????