16 MARCH 1998. HAWAII: CLIMATE (FIRE)

Rod Thompson, Star-Bulletin and Reuters report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will allow use of federal funds to pay for firefighting operations in the Puna District on the big island of Hawaii. Fires in the Leilani Estates subdivision, south of Hilo and near the Punaluuu Golf Course, Kau District, remain out of control.

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