FREE CONTENT: A breakout located upslope of the stalled June 27 lava flow front consumed a residence just minutes before noon on Monday, Hawaii County Civil Defense Administrator Darryl Oliveira said. The owners of the Cemetery Road structure reside on the mainland, however, a family member from South Kohala was able to be at the scene when the home was consumed by the flow, which is currently about 150 feet wide. Tenants who had resided in the structure left in August as the June 27 lava flow neared Kaohe Homesteads subdivision of Puna, Oliveira said. The 1,100-square-foot double-wall structure was built in the early to mid 1990s and had an estimated value of $200,000, Oliveira said. It collapsed at 12:35 p.m. “We did have family members on-site to document as well as to observe the loss of this long-standing property that many generations have shared in,” Oliveira said.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:29:09 +0000
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