Highway 190 Fire in March 2016. Credit: Bret Yager / West Hawaii Today
Arson is a serious crime. Call HPD at 935-3311 if you have information on these fires.
From the Source:
"Three brush fires ignited on Highway 190 over the weekend appear to be connected, officials confirmed Monday afternoon.
The cluster of blazes occurred on Saturday and Sunday just outside Kailua-Kona. The first was discovered at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at about mile marker 29 on Mamalahoa Highway, or upper road. The second was hours later at 7:45 p.m. a half mile up the road.
The third fire was spotted Sunday at 1:35 p.m. at mile marker 30."
"The Hawaii Fire Department battled a rash of arson fires in the same area early last year, said Battalion Chief Darwin Okinaka."