The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
MAUI, Hawaii — Arson is blamed for two fires at Maui High School this morning.
Incendiary devices were found and police are investigating, a Maui Fire Department spokesman said.
The first fire alarm was reported at 5:32 a.m. Firefighers found a 55-gallon drum with about 15 gallons of used motor oil on the ground. Firefighters said someone tried to ignite the barrel with cardboard near the main entrance to Building L on campus, but the barrel did not burn.
Firefighters returned to Maui High School at 7:02 a.m. when a fire broke out at a portable. The fire was extinguished before firefighters arrived and flames were contained to the entrace of the portable.
Damage is estimated at $5,000.
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