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Hawaii Fire Department personnel responded to a small fire in a storage area at Queens’ MarketPlace in Waikoloa Friday.
When units arrived on the scene at about 2:44 p.m., maintenance personnel directed HFD to a commercial building being used for storage, according to a department press release. There, Company 14 reportedly found “light smoke” in the building and identified the point of origin at the base of a temporary wall made of 2×4 boards and plywood.
The affected area was about a square foot, with “multiple cigarette butts” around. Responders used a booster line and hand tools to extinguish the fire, the release stated.
The fire was out by 2:45 p.m. and no injuries were reported, according to the release.