Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - June 9, 2010

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

FORTY MAUI COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS AND 20 MORE FROM THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THE BRUSH FIRE ABOVE MA'ALAEA. AS OF NOON TODAY, OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THAT 58 HUNDRED ACRES HAVE GONE UP IN SMOKE AND THE FIRE IS 75 PERCENT CONTAINED. IN ADDITION TO MEN AND WOMEN ON THE GROUND, THERE ARE FIVE HELICOPTERS, THREE WATER TANKERS AND TWO BULLDOZERS. THE FIRE HAS MOVED INTO LARGELY INACCESSIBLE GULLIES ABOVE THE KAHEAWA WIND FAR WHERE THE HELICOPTER WATER DROPS WORK BEST - BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY HELP FROM THE WIND. GUST UP AND OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE KEEPING A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR MORE THAN SIX HOURS YESTERDAY, HONOAPIILANI HIGHWAY WAS CONTRA-FLOWED LAST NIGHT, THE COMPLETELY REOPENED TO TRAFFIC JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. OFFICIALS WARN MOTORISTS THAT A CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY ENOUGH TO CLOSE THE ROAD AGAIN.

ISLAND WEATHER TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY AND WINDY WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT WITH HIGHS NEAR 90.

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

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