Hawaii has shut down a Pearl City junkyard after a fire sent toxic smoke across Oahu — bad news for the company, a relief for neighbors who say the state waited too long.

• A huge pile of scrapped cars and auto parts caught fire at ABC Towing and Parts, burning for two hours and sending black smoke for miles.
• The state health department found high levels of carbon monoxide and soot in the air, plus oily runoff draining from the property toward Pearl Harbor.
• The site sits near homes, schools, and farms, and neighbors reported choking fumes as far away as Mililani along with the sound of explosions.
• This was not the first fire there — the state had already taken action against the company twice since early 2025.

Outlook: The company must say whether it will comply and submit a cleanup plan within days, or the state will clean up the site itself and bill them for it.