Kilauea Volcano Destroys 82nd Home
Lava from Kilauea Volcano torched another Hawaii Island home Thursday, the 82nd destroyed during its current eruption, and continued moving toward other dwellings, authorities said.
A house in the Kalapana Gardens subdivision was ignited less than 12 hours after another home a short distance away burned Wednesday, said Bruce Butts of the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency.
The flow was moving toward another home that was about 350 feet away, Butts said.
“This is a killer for the residents,” Civil Defense Director Harry Kim said from a command post set up at a park in Kalapana, on the southeastern coast of the island. “It is painstakingly slow. This is real high stress,” he said.
The lava was coming from the north and was following the path of another flow that destroyed two homes on April 4. In all, the volcano has destroyed six homes in the Kalapana area this month.
The latest destruction brings to 82 the number of dwellings claimed by the volcano since it began erupting in January, 1983.
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