Large brush fire breaks out near Volcanoes National Park

Courtesy of DAVID J. HOOVER Smoke from the Mauna Loa brush fire looms in the distance Monday from the golf course subdivision in Volcano.

KAILUA-KONA — As fire crews gain control of a massive brush fire in Waikoloa, another blaze is tearing through areas of Ka‘u and into Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, damaging koa forest.