(AP) — The Honolulu Fire Department is investigating fire that burned surfboards stored in racks next to a historic Waikiki hotel.  Firefighters called to the scene found several storage racks of surfboards at a beach alleyway in flames. They evacuated the adjacent Moana Surfrider Hotel and the Honolulu Police Department’s Waikiki substation. The fire department says the blaze scorched the exterior of the hotel and spread to the substation’s walls, roof and eaves. Police arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of arson. Black smoke could be seen from miles away. A similar fire there in February 2020 damaged more than 500 surfboards.

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