A wildfire rages along the mountainside of Makua Valley near Kaeana Point, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Honolulu firefighters were called in at 2 pm yesterday (local time). A Wikinews contributor was on the scene with a camera. Local and federal firefighters responded to the fire with trucks and helicopters. The website of a local TV news service reported this morning that 100 acres (40 hectares ) had burned, but that no buildings were under threat. Makua Valley () is on the north western corner of Oahu, about 40 miles (65 km ) by road from Honolulu, Hawaii's capital. The United States Army purchased three tracts of land for Howitzer emplacements in the 1920s, and has used Makua Valley as a live fire training range ever since (with some interruptions due to legal challenges.)
A wildfire rages along the mountainside of Makua Valley near Kaeana Point, on the Hawaiian island of . firefighters were called in at 2 pm yesterday (local time). A Wikinews contributor was on the scene with a camera. Local and federal firefighters responded to the fire with trucks and helicopters. The website of a local TV news service reported this morning that 100 (40 ) had burned, but that no buildings were under threat. Makua Valley () is on the north western corner of Oahu, about 40 (65 ) by road from Honolulu, Hawaii's capital. The purchased three tracts of land for emplacements in the 1920s, and has used Makua Valley as a live fire training range ever since (with some interruptions due to legal challenges.)
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