Brush fire near airport

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Air 1 swings around with a bucket of water to drop onto flames erupting from a brush fire outside the perimeter of the Lihu‘e Airport, Monday afternoon. The first reports of “smoke, not flames” was made around 2:30 p.m., and by sunset, fire crews from the Kaua‘i Fire Department and the Lihu‘e Airport Crash Fire were working to get a handle on the blaze that presented accessibility issues.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Air 1 goes in to dump a bucket onto flames erupting from a brush fire situated outside the perimeter to the Lihu‘e Airport landing strip, Monday afternoon. The initial reports came in at about 2:30 p.m.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Spectators watch from the Hokuala Ocean Course as flames erupt from a brush fire outside the perimeter of the Lihu‘e Airport, Monday afternoon. The blaze was first reported at about 2:30 p.m., and by sunset, fire crews from the Kaua‘i Fire Department, the Lihu‘e Airport Crash Fire, and Air-1 were trying to get a handle on the fire.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

A Lihu‘e Airport Crash Fire unit sprays foam onto erupting flames from a brush fire outside the perimeter of the Lihu‘e Airport, Monday afternoon. The initial report of smoke, but no flames was reported around 2:30 p.m., and by sunset, fire crews were still working to contain the fire.

Jonah Stein / Contributed photo

Brushfire near Lihue airport as seen from Molokoa Subdivision in Lihue.