8-09-23 Police Launch Arson Investigation into Ka‘ū Wildfire Published: August 9, 2023 Hawai‘i Police Department Area II Criminal Investigation Section Detective Donovan Kohara Phone: (808) 960-3118 Report No.: 23-076309 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have initiated an arson investigation after a brush fire in Ka‘ū was determined to have started under suspicious circumstances. On Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at 1:17 p.m., the Hawai‘i Fire Department received a report of several brush fires on Mill Camp Road in Pāhala. Upon arrival, firefighters determined there were two separate fires burning: one on either side of Mill Camp Road. Although they were burning...