Brush fire ignites roof in Hanapepe

HANAPEPE — Firefighters responded to a brush fire that extended to a house in Hanapepe Friday.

No injuries were reported.

Firefighters were dispatched shortly before 3:30 p.m. to an initial report of a brush fire along a hillside in Hanapepe valley. Units arrived on scene to find the fire had also spread to the roof of a one-story house located nearby on Kane Road. Occupants were home at the time and were able to escape unharmed.

Hanapepe firefighters, with assistance from Rescue 3 aboard Air 1 conducting water drops, quickly extinguished both fires without any further fire extension. Units cleared the scene about 5:15 p.m.

Fire inspectors estimate the fire caused roughly $2,000 in damages to the home’s roofing material.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.