{"id":10437,"date":"2012-06-06T14:22:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T22:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=10437"},"modified":"2012-06-06T14:22:45","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T22:52:45","slug":"wildfire-that-began-in-lualualei-naval-base-burns-for-third-day-damage-to-cultural-center-and-explosions-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=10437","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire that began in Lualualei naval base burns for third day, damage to cultural center and explosions reported"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wildfire in Wai\u02bbanae continues to burn. \u00a0The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Fire crews were busy in Waianae Valley this morning as Oahu\u2019s largest wildfire of the year burned for a third day.<\/p>\n

At least one Marine Corps CH-53 helicopter was to rejoin the Honolulu Fire Department\u2019s air operations this morning, the Navy said.<\/p>\n

Nine people took refugee in a Red Cross Shelter at Waianae District Park Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The flames are burning on two fronts \u2014 along the back of Waianae Valley into the forest reserve and another on the side of the ridge closer to Waianae Valley Road.<\/p>\n

Firefighters were responding to brush fire calls on both sides of Waianae Valley. One flare-up was reported near Kamaile street on the Makaha side of the valley, a valley resident said.<\/p>\n

Since Monday, the blaze has destroyed nearly 1,200 acres of brush in both Waianae and Lualualei Valleys.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the paper, “the fire began on government property near the Lualualei Naval Magazine at 1 p.m. Monday.”<\/p>\n

It spread to the neighboring Wai\u02bbanae valley and destroyed the traditional hale pili (thatched structure) at the Learning Center at Ka\u02bbala, one of our partners in the Wai\u02bbanae Environmental Justice Working Group:<\/p>\n

Butch DeTroy, manager of the Kaala Farms Cultural Learning Center on Waianae Valley Road, said the wildfire destroyed an A-frame grass hale Tuesday that had been used as a classroom for up to 60 students.<\/p>\n

The fire also destroyed half of a two-mile pipeline that supplies water to Kaala Farms taro fields on its 98-acre property.<\/p>\n

DeTroy said he was forced to leave area Tuesday morning before the fire swept through his property.<\/p>\n

Firefighters were able to save a kitchen facility, but the grass hale, which was 30 feet high, was destroyed.<\/p>\n

DeTroy said a stream that borders the Waianae Kai Forest Reserve probably prevented the fire from creeping down the moutain into the nature preserve \u2014 home to native koa, sandalwood and aalii.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the newspaper failed to report on the explosions. \u00a0 Gary Forth of MA\u02bbO organic farm and environmental activist Carroll Cox reported witnessing explosions on the Lualualei Naval Base. \u00a0 Lucy Gay of the Leeward Community College Wai\u02bbanae extension wanted to know, where is the Navy\u02bbs disaster plan for such dangerous materials? And if there are disaster safety plans, why wasn’t the community apprised of them?<\/p>\n

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The wildfire in Wai\u02bbanae continues to burn. \u00a0The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: Fire crews were busy in Waianae Valley this morning as Oahu\u2019s largest wildfire of the year burned for a third day. At least one Marine Corps CH-53 helicopter was to rejoin the Honolulu Fire Department\u2019s air operations this morning, the Navy said. Nine … <\/p>\n

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