Wildfire, Honolulu
- When
- August 3, 1:15 PM HST to August 6, 10:00 AM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, 1 mi S of Wahiawa
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, August 3 to 6, 2000
A brush fire burned about 100 acres near Wheeler Army Airfield in central Oahu over a three-day period. Initially, winds fanned the flames toward townhomes at the Pinnacle in Mililani.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
A brush fire burned about 100 acres near Wheeler Army Airfield in central Oahu over a three-day period. Initially, winds fanned the flames toward townhomes at the Pinnacle in Mililani. However, the winds shifted and sent the blaze down a deep ravine toward the Ewa Plain, well away from residential areas. One firefighter was injured, though not severely, when he fell into a ravine near the brush fire. No other injuries or serious property damage were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dust Storm in Nevada, August 3, 2000
- Heat in Texas, August 3, 2000
- Flood in Illinois, August 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 3, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 3, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 3, 2000
- Hail in Florida, August 3, 2000
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 3, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 3, 2000
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, August 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5171389.