Day/date: January 4, 1988


                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Volcanic Eruption Update
Log number: 88-1
Date/time of incident: 1/4                          Date/time received: 1/4, pm
Park: Hawaii Volcanoes    Location: Kupapa'u Point
Reported by: Herb Gercke, RAD, WRO
Received by: Bill Halainen, RAD, WASO

Summary:
Lava flows from Puuo'o Volcano destroyed a structure yesterday - the 59th
building to burn since the eruptions began on January 3, 1983. Most of the
current flow, however, is heading into the ocean at Kupapa'u Point.

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