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Squatters appear to have began out blaze at abandoned Hilo resort
HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) – A giant blaze that broke out Friday on the shuttered Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Resort seems to have been began by squatters, authorities mentioned. Hawaii Island legislation enforcement have opened an arson investigation within the wake of the early-morning hearth. Officers claimed the hearth probably broke out since a person had been tampering with {an electrical} junction field. Hearth crews responded to the lodge about 1:40 a.m. Hawaii County Hearth Principal Kazuo Todd claimed the 4-tale deserted creating was residence to a amount of squatters. No accidents ended up documented, and the hurt from the blaze was approximated at $2 million. The previous lodge and lots of…