400-foot fall in Makua side of Makaha Valley kills man

A 28-year-old hiker fell 400 feet to his death yesterday afternoon at the Makua side of Makaha Valley in the Waianae Mountains, fire officials said.

The man was hiking with another man in his 20s or early 30s to get some equipment they had left behind on an earlier hike, said fire Capt. Robert Main.

During the hike, the 28-year-old man fell off the ledge, officials said.

A fire helicopter picked up the second man and brought him down from the trail.

Fire crews will return today to recover the first hiker's body, officials said.

There was no immediate identification.

Police arrest 1 of 2 men in kidnapping of woman

Police arrested one of two men who allegedly sexually assaulted and kidnapped a 53-year-old woman in Liliha this weekend.

Police arrested a 40-year-old Nuuanu man at 1:40 a.m. yesterday on suspicion of two counts of first-degree sexual assault and kidnapping.

The woman told police she was attacked by two men between 10 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 a.m. yesterday.

A second suspect had not been identified or arrested yesterday, police said.

20-year-old allegedly cuts man in parking lot fight

Police arrested a 20-year-old Makiki man who allegedly assaulted a 38-year-old man with a knife.

The 38-year-old man told police he was cut with a knife during a physical confrontation at the parking lot of an apartment complex on Kinau Street at 12:45 a.m. yesterday.

Officers found a 20-year-old man at a Kinau Street address and arrested him at 2 a.m. on suspicion of second-degree assault.

Heart attack scare on ship sets Coast Guard in action

The Coast Guard rescued a 76-year-old man yesterday who was having symptoms of a heart attack aboard a Matson container ship about 275 miles northeast of Honolulu.

The Coast Guard received a call for help about 8 a.m. and arranged for an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter to meet the ship when it was about 100 miles from shore.

At about 4 p.m., the helicopter picked the man up while a Coast Guard C-130 airplane monitored from above. The helicopter dropped the man off at Barbers Point about 5:40 p.m., transferring him to paramedics apparently in good condition, the Coast Guard said.

The ship was heading to Honolulu.

County, state and federal firefighters battle Kona fire

Firefighters continued battling the 1,800-acre brush fire that has plagued the Kealakekua Mauka area in Kona since Dec. 27.

Personnel from the county fire department, state Division of Forestry and Wildlife, National Park Service and the Army's Pohakuloa Fire Department were working yesterday to put out active burning areas, mop up flare-ups and hot spots, Big Island Fire Chief Darryl Oliveira said.

Landowner Kamehameha Schools' personnel and resources were also part of the firefighting efforts.

Oliveira said that two engines, seven brush tucks, two military off-road vehicles, a 2,000-gallon tanker and a helicopter were used in yesterday's efforts.

Firefighters also deliberately burned vegetation to prevent a runaway fire.

The brush fire does not pose a threat to any structures.