Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - May 4, 2010

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

STILL NOT CONTAINED - THAT FIRE IN WEST MAUI IS - AT LEAST AS OF NOW - NOT A THREAT TO PEOPLE OR PROPERTY. THE FIRE - THAT STARTED AROUND 2-30 YESTERDAY, HAS BURNED MORE THAN 11-HUNDRED ACRES ON THE MAUKA SIDE OF THE HONOAPIILANI HIGHWAY BETWEEN UKUMEHAME AND OLOWALU.

THE BLAZE FLARED UP OVERNIGHT - FORCING THE EVACUATION OF ABOUT 100 PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES IN OLOWALU. RED CROSS SHELTERS WERE SET UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FIRE WHEN THE HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED. ONLY THREE EVACUEES TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE LAHAINA SHELTER. THOSE SHELTERS WILL REMAIN OPEN JUST IN CASE. NO WORD YET ON THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE - OR THE PERCENT OF CONTAINMENT.

AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORTS THAT A NEW THREAT TO HONEY BEES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED ON THE BIG ISLAND. THE PEST , CALLED THE SMALL HIVE BEETLE - WAS DISCOVERED LAST WEEK NEAR HILO.

ISLAND WEATHER, HAZY TONIGHT. LOOK FOR LOWS AROUND 65 WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS. TOMORROW, HAZY AND WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

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