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HONOLULU-The biggest wildfire of the year on Oahu, which began on Sunday, was still burning Thursday night, and losses from the blaze are still mounting.It's blackened more than 6,700 acres on both sides of Waialua Road, up several gulches and into the Wai'anae Mountains.No homes were lost, and no injuries were reported,officials said."Seeing the 7,000 acres on a map is one thing, but when you stand here and look out over this vast burned landscape and realize that this is just one finger,it's incredible," s=aid local farmer Al Santora.Viewing the fire from aerial footage, local farmers said the loss could total into the millions.One farmer said Waialua Ranch lost almost $1 million just in livestock fencing, officials said.Santora said he lost thousands of dollars worth of tropical fruit."Yeah, we had a lot of damage, but we want to get the word out that these grass fires are not little, incidental things that don't affect anybody. We're really affected," Santora said.Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann toured the damaged farms Thursday, and he said he was shocked by what he witnessed."You feel for the farmers and ranchers.That's their livelihood,what keeps them going, so we are obviously going to have to help them regroup and keep their feet back forward to lead productive lives again now," Hannemann said.Officials said they are relieved,however,that no homes were lost, and no one was injured.It was a close call for Elanor Kirito,whose son's home had to be sprayed with foam as the fire raced toward it."They sprayed foam. Completely covering the house,"Kirito said."It was awful. We had to leave there."Thursday evening, there were widely scattered hot spots still smoldering, officials said.Seven helicopters were dropping endless buckets of water.Officials said they are hoping mother nature will soon help out and rain.As in the days of Noah...
