HONOLULU (AP) - A suspect has been arrested on a charge of arson after more than a dozen brush fires were reported in Honolulu’s Hawaii Kai area, police said.
The unidentified man was arrested Monday at the scene of a fire, said Lt. Michael Nakada.
His arrest came after firefighters responded to more than a dozen brush fires in the Kamilonui Valley area since January, most of them apparently set in the past two months, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported (https://bit.ly/2qxdFkl ).
“We’re hoping that this will put an end to it,” Nakada said.
Fire Capt. David Jenkins said investigators have found no evidence of homeless encampment in the area.
Many of the fires broke out in places that were difficult for firefighters to reach by walking to them, so authorities had to rely on water drops from helicopters to douse the blazes..
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