WAHIAWA, Hawaii — A brush fire at Kukaniloko (the birthing stones) in Wahiawa was contained after two days, according to a Honolulu Fire Department news release. About 450 acres burned. 

On Wednesday at 4:05 p.m., the Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call about the brush fire. The fire department declared the fire contained the next day at 5:40 p.m.

When a fire is contained, it does not mean the fire is extinguished. Instead, it means firefighters have surrounded the blaze. A fire is extinguished when nothing continues to burn.

Over the course of two days, 58 personnel with the Honolulu Fire Department worked to surround the fire. The Federal Fire Department assisted, providing one Battalion Chief and four engines. The U.S. Army also provided two air assets and one brush truck. 

While fighting the fire, firefighters evacuated a nearby homeless encampment.

One firefighter reported a minor injury.

No structures or utility poles were damaged by the fire. 

The five-acre site where the birthing stones are located was also not harmed, according to a Facebook post from the Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa Kukaniloko. 

According to the post, fires to the north of the stones were kept at distance from Kukaniloko by firefighters and two water-buckets from the U.S. Army. Fires to the west of the site "came very close to the five-acre buffer" that surrounds the stones, but were also kept away by firefighters. 

Michelle Broder Van Dyke covers the Hawaiian Islands for Spectrum News Hawaii. Email her at michelle.brodervandyke@charter.com.

Editor's note: This post was updated with information from the Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa Kukaniloko. (Friday, Aug. 18)