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SNOW, NOT LAVA, CAPS
BIG ISLAND VOLCANOES

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A clear view of the snowy summit of Mauna Kea volcano and the heavily mantled Mauna Loa on the Big Island came through yesterday from the Kulani Correctional Facility, which is about 1 mile above sea level. Two observatories can be seen at top.








Police, Fire, Courts

Police/Fire

By Star-Bulletin staff

HONOLULU

Cigarettes cause fire on Bishop Street

Fire investigators said discarded cigarettes caused a storage-room fire at the Pacific Guardian Center at 737 Bishop St.

The fire caused temporary traffic problems for downtown commuters yesterday morning.

Firefighters were called at 7:25 a.m. to a report of a building fire. They arrived to find a fire in a storage room in the parking structure. The fire was quickly brought under control. No one was hurt.

Police closed Queen Street between Alakea and Bishop streets for about an hour and fifteen minutes as firefighters extinguished the blaze.

The fire caused an estimated $7,000 in damage: $4,000 to the building and $3,000 to the contents.

LEEWARD OAHU

2 teens allegedly make tape of boys fondling

Police have arrested two teenagers for allegedly producing a video of two boys fondling each other.

The incident occurred in Waianae on Saturday, between 6 and 9 p.m., and involved two boys, ages 7 and 9, police said.

Police arrested the suspects, ages 14 and 15, for investigation of third-degree sexual assault and promoting child abuse.

WEST OAHU

Missing 34-year-old reportedly found safe

Police located a 34-year-old man Monday after he was reported missing Saturday.

Police said Peter Reyes is doing fine and was found about 1:30 p.m. They declined to say where he was located. Reyes was last seen leaving the Waikele Shopping Center about 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

NORTH SHORE

Kahuku teen arrested for alleged burglaries

Police arrested a 17-year-old Kahuku boy yesterday for allegedly burglarizing Kahuku High and Intermediate School twice.

Police said the fingerprints of the suspect, a student at the school, were found after an Oct. 1 burglary.

The suspect also was identified in a photographic lineup as the person responsible for a 7:35 p.m. Oct. 2 burglary at the school, police said.

Police arrested the teen at the school on suspicion of second-degree burglary in both cases.

WINDWARD OAHU

Man with prior record nabbed in burglary

Police have arrested a 32-year-old Waimanalo man with a record of 24 prior arrests on suspicion of first-degree burglary.

Police said the man broke into a Kailua home on Oct. 14 at 3:10 a.m.

The suspect was arrested after being positively identified in a photographic lineup.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Big Isle fire causes $160,000 in damage

Fire caused $160,000 damage to a house on a two-house property in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates in the Kau district of the Big Island Monday night.

The fire, at 92-8430 King Kamehameha Blvd., was reported at about 8:24 p.m. The building's occupant, Robert Hulteen, told firefighters he was eating dinner in the main house with the building's owner, Jacquelynn Woodmansee, when they noticed an orange glow, and the building engulfed in flames. It took firefighters 2 1/2 hours to extinguish the fire.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.



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