Smoke sighting investigated near hualālai mountain in kailua-kona, Kailua Kona HI
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WildfireFire crews responded to reports of white smoke near the intersection of Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway and Hale Makai Place in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. No fire was found at the street level, but a visible smoke plume was observed halfway up Hualālai Mountain, possibly near the Kona Cloud Sanctuary.
Audio|Heard on: Hawaii Island Public Safety - West
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03:58
Transcript:
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Rescue 7, respond to investigate white smoke visible,
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area of highway 19 and Hale Makai Place, please.
00:06
Rescue 7, respond to investigate smoke visible, area highway 19 and Hale Makai Place.
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10,0, (number withheld).
00:17
Have you got me.
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27.
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670, center.
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What?
00:32
You show me off with that T.
00:33
T.C. Cone and school road.
00:36
My control, rescue, engine seven, engine seven, responding.
00:40
Okay, Taffa, thank you.
00:43
I do you copy.
00:55
Mr. Ideal. Copy.
00:59
You copy, I have 670 off with them.
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Copy. Any.
01:06
Ten and four.
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Company seven, one caller calling from Hale Makai Place and Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway looking Malka says that she sees white smoke for the last five to ten minutes, or she no longer in the area.
01:28
Seven, copy.
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K7, HBD also picked up a call somebody seeing that they're doing construction of Mauna.
01:41
Another caller says that he did see some smoke at the top of the mountain, referencing Hualālai Mountain, possibly in the area of Kona Cloud Sanctuary.
01:52
7. Copy.
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1440, Chavis.
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1440. Go ahead.
01:58
375 Hotel Echolima, highway 250 by the 5.
02:02
Okay, Carrow, Eric, please for that.
02:09
To pardon, you know, tonight.
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1441 central, I'm right in front of H-B.
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And then the black 224, take up to Calais, and then we have a PioBox (number withheld), copy (number withheld), we as 1123.
02:30
Negative hot sheet.
02:32
Okay,
02:37
Gordon, you can just your attack central.
02:41
1441, 1080.
02:45
I, central company seven in the area investigating.
02:50
Central company, India, investigating.
02:54
I agree with control.
02:59
Can you show me off the local, please?
03:02
Yes, sir.
03:07
I, sorry, for the info through, such as well.
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I said as well.
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Okay.
03:16
Central file 450, 770.
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Warning, ID 181, 5-74, thank you.
03:27
(number withheld).
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City board central.
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Sorry,
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bye.
03:38
Park control from company 7.
03:42
Investigated Hale Makai, there's no...
03:45
signs of fire down here, but there is a plume of smoke.
03:50
It appears to be halfway up Hualālai,
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maybe near the top of Kona Cloud Sanctuary.
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Kailua-Kona, HI
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