Wildfire, Big Island North and East
- When
- October 6, 6:00 PM HST to October 7, 12:00 PM HST
- Where
- Big Island North and East forecast zone
- Reported by
- Newspaper
Wildfire in Hawaii, October 6 to 7, 2014
On the Big Island of Hawaii, a lava flow from Kilauea volcano, which began June 27, ignited a fire that consumed 300 acres of brush in the Puna District just south of the Ainaloa Estates subdivision. The blaze did not threaten any structures.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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.
On the Big Island of Hawaii, a lava flow from Kilauea volcano, which began June 27, ignited a fire that consumed 300 acres of brush in the Puna District just south of the Ainaloa Estates subdivision. The blaze did not threaten any structures. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries.
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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 542454.