HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu police confirmed an emergency access gate remained closed during a Nanakuli brushfire on July 8. Officials say extra access wasn’t needed, but residents disagree and want control of the gate.
Honolulu firefighters had the fire in Nanakuli contained to the mountains. But that doesn’t mean the residents who live nearby weren’t worried about getting out quickly if they needed to.
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The problem was the gate to the emergency access route on Paakea road was locked.
“Good news is fire was put out, everybody’s safe but we’d like to have some kind of access to that road in the future,” said Doug Jensen, Honolulu resident…