Emergency response vehicles are framed by grass fire smoke after a single lane of traffic was reopened late Monday afternoon on Highway 19. The spread from a vehicle to the grass and caused closure of both lanes of Highway 19 between Paauilo and Ookala at mile marker 32.5 for a short period late Monday afternoon. Within minutes, however, fire crews had made enough progress to get a single lane of the highway reopen. The cause of the vehicle fire was unknown, the Fire Department said Tuesday morning. The vehicle was unoccupied and there were no injuries.
Emergency response vehicles are framed by grass fire smoke after a single lane of traffic was reopened late Monday afternoon on Highway 19. The spread from a vehicle to the grass and caused closure of both lanes of Highway 19 between Paauilo and Ookala at mile marker 32.5 for a short period late Monday afternoon. Within minutes, however, fire crews had made enough progress to get a single lane of the highway reopen. The cause of the vehicle fire was unknown, the Fire Department said Tuesday morning. The vehicle was unoccupied and there were no injuries.