{"id":165855,"date":"2018-06-02T01:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T05:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=165855"},"modified":"2018-06-02T01:37:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T05:37:43","slug":"hawaii-volcano-lava-burns-2-buildings-at-geothermal-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/02\/hawaii-volcano-lava-burns-2-buildings-at-geothermal-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii volcano lava burns 2 buildings at geothermal plant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kilauea has displaced thousands of residents and destroyed dozens of homes. (Photo<\/a> by U.S. Geological Survey\/Flickr<\/a>, Public Domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HONOLULU \u2014 Lava has burned down two buildings at a geothermal plant near Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano.<\/p>\n

A substation and adjacent warehouse that stored a drilling rig at the Puna Geothermal Venture were covered by lava on Wednesday, according to a Thursday statement from Ormat Technologies, the Nevada company that owns the plant.<\/p>\n

The main access road to the plant has also been covered and blocked by lava. An alternative access road remains open. Two geothermal wellheads were destroyed on May 28.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, county officials issued mandatory orders for residents of Leilani Estates to evacuate by noon and those in Kapoho Beach and Vacationland to leave by 2 p.m. or risk being trapped and unreachable by emergency crews.<\/p>\n

Police said a 55-year-old man was arrested after he circumvented a traffic checkpoint and crashed his vehicle into a hardened lava flow.<\/p>\n

Authorities said he was trying to get a look at lava and demanded passage through the checkpoint but was told by police to turn around.<\/p>\n

About an hour later, the same man, whose name was not released, was brought back to the checkpoint by a resident with injuries to his head and face. The man told police he had smashed his truck into lava.<\/p>\n

He was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and cited for loitering or refusing to leave a designated evacuation zone and failing to wear his seat belt. He was released pending further investigation after being admitted to a hospital.<\/p>\n

The Puna geothermal plant was taken offline and evacuated soon after the volcano began erupting on May 3.<\/p>\n

Officials removed roughly 50,000 gallons of pentane, a flammable gas similar to lighter fluid used in power generation at the plant, to an off-site industrial park. The geothermal wells were also plugged to prevent the accidental release of toxic gases from the lava flow.<\/p>\n

Kilauea has displaced thousands of residents and destroyed dozens of homes.<\/p>\n

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