02-03-2022, 07:24 AM
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4393808/haw...-man-dead/
The man, who has only been identified as a Hilo resident, disappeared at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park late on Sunday night.
His family reported him missing on Monday, the National Park Service said, however were met with some tragic news just eight hours later.
Rangers and Hawaii County firefighters searched for the man before finding his body 100 feet below the crater rim of a viewing area of the volcano.
Kilauea is the most active of five volcanos that form Hawaii's Big Island.
The National Park Service said in a statement: "After searching for the man in the darkness, National Park Service rangers and Hawaiʻi County firefighters located the man's body about 100 feet below the crater rim, west of the Uēkahuna viewing area at the summit of Kīlauea volcano.
The man, who has only been identified as a Hilo resident, disappeared at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park late on Sunday night.
His family reported him missing on Monday, the National Park Service said, however were met with some tragic news just eight hours later.
Rangers and Hawaii County firefighters searched for the man before finding his body 100 feet below the crater rim of a viewing area of the volcano.
Kilauea is the most active of five volcanos that form Hawaii's Big Island.
The National Park Service said in a statement: "After searching for the man in the darkness, National Park Service rangers and Hawaiʻi County firefighters located the man's body about 100 feet below the crater rim, west of the Uēkahuna viewing area at the summit of Kīlauea volcano.
