E lalapa ana ke ahi ma Hilo ma ka hopena pule nei.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā mua o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
I ka wanaʻao o ka Pōʻaono nei, ma kahi o ka hola 4:00, e hōlapu ana ke ahi ma ka Hale Hana Poi Kahiko o ka Hui Puʻueo ma Hilo. Make iho nei ʻelua mau kānaka. ʻAʻole naʻe i maopopo nā inoa o lāua. Kōkua ʻia ihola he 28 mau kānaka i kōkua ʻia e ka Hui Keʻa ʻUlaʻula. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e kekahi mau kānaka, lohe ʻia ka pahū ʻana i ka wā e lapalapa ana ke ahi. ʻO ka nui o ka pohō, he $500,000 a ʻoi aku a emi mai paha. Aia nō ka ʻOihana Mākaʻi o Hawaiʻi ke noiʻi aʻela.
A ma hope o ka huli ʻana o ka iʻa o ka pō Pōʻaono nei, ʻaʻole nō i ana ke ahi, pāhola aʻela ma kekahi mau hale ʻehā ma nā alanui ʻo Kinoʻole a me Keawe ma Hilo. ʻO kekahi o ia mau hale, ʻo ia ka Hale o Goo ma ke kihi o nā alanui Kinoʻole a me Haili. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻohe ola i pōʻino a ʻeha paha. He mau hui ke kōkua ana i nā kānaka i pilikia, ʻo ka Hui Keʻa ʻUlaʻula, ʻo Hope Services, ʻo ka Pūʻali Hoʻōla, a me Vibrant Hawaiʻi ma ka hoʻomalu ʻana a me ka hānai ʻana. Aia nō hoʻi ka ʻOihana Mākaʻi ke noiʻi aʻela.
Ma ka hoʻokūkū pōpō peku hope loa o ke kikina, kāʻili aku nei ʻo Hawaiʻi i ke eo mai nā lima wīkani mai o Waiomina ma ka helu ʻai he 27 i ka 7, a lilo mai ai ka Makana Paniolo i nā Koa. A ʻo ka walu ia o ka lanakila, a ʻo ka lima ia ma ka ʻAhahui Mauna Komohana. He 289 ʻīā nou a Micah Alejado. He 153 ʻīā ʻapo a Jackson Harris. A ʻo Kansei Matsuzawa, he ʻelua āna ʻai peku no lāua nā ʻīā he 47.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
He pua na Pipine.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka pī.
Ke Aolama 