Updated at 6:38 a.m., Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Suspect arrested in connection with minor Makiki fires
Advertiser Staff
Firefighters from the Makiki Station have been sent to an area near 1329 Wilder Ave. to check on a report of a rubbish fire there. The fire crew was dispatched on the call shortly after 1 a.m.The fire was reported in the same area where a man wearing a red lava-lava was seen minutes earlier trying to set fire to a newspaper vending machine.
Police suspect, but could not immediately confirm, that the two fires are related.
A suspect was arrested in the case on suspicion of third-degree arson.
