Lava 100 feet from Hawaii home, nearing main road
Source: AP-Excite
By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Rain fell Wednesday on a red-hot river of lava as it threatened to consume its first home on its slow advance into a rural Hawaii town.
A breakout of the lava flow was about 100 feet from a Pahoa residence — about the length of a basketball court, said Hawaii County Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira. The couple who lives in the home has left.
Scientists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory who are walking alongside the lava reported its leading edge was 240 yards from Pahoa Village Road, which goes through a commercial hub of the Big Island's sprawling and isolated Puna district.
The leading edge remained in a large agricultural parcel that included another house, which was about 100 yards from the lava, Oliveira said.
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Denise Lagrimas, left, and her brother Beatle Rodriguez pack dishes at their home in Pahoa, Hawaii on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 as they prepare to move to another town away from the threat of lava. The family's single-story home is just across the street from properties where lava from Kilauea volcano is expected to slither past on its way to the ocean. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
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I think the old timers used to leave her a bottle of gin. Anthuriums for flowers. Tobacco.
Be safe, dear people. 
