28 people homeless, 1 injured in Makaha fire
COURTESY RUSSELL J. HOGAN
This photo posted on Twitter shows the fire on Lahaina Street in Makaha.
Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused an early morning house fire in Makaha that burned a man, left 28 people homeless and damaged neighboring structures and vehicles.
Paramedics treated one man for second-degree burns to his arm following the fire that began just after 5 a.m. on Lahaina Street.
Thirty-two firefighters arrived at the scene 14 minutes after the 5:08 a.m. alarm and saw smoke coming from the structure. Firefighters brought the flames under control at 5:52 a.m., a Fire Department spokesman said in an e-mail.
The 2-alarm fire burned a single-story home and spread to neighboring homes.
Twenty-two people in the home at the time of the fire escaped.
Six adults were displaced from a damaged neighboring home. The American Red Cross is helping residents affected by the fire.
A damage estimate was not immediately available. However, the home where the fire broke out is considered to be a total loss. The fire also burned neighboring structures and vehicles.
25 responses to “28 people homeless, 1 injured in Makaha fire”
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With 22 people living in one home, the fire was probably started by overloaded electrical circuits caused by the 10 rice cookers, numerous other hot plates, TVs, stereo boom boxes and hair dryers all plugged in at once.
Bachi you talk like that.
Reality, I talk like that.
it’s time you took that cucumber out. it’s making you grumpy. besides, it’s pickled by now.
Maybe “bachi” came back to bite those 22 people who were ruining the neighborhood.
SNOB! (Not everyone lives off of Daddy’s Credit Cards)
My daddy has been dead for 24 years and his credit cards have long since expired, so think of another excuse.
Hopefully, their situation does not make them homeless.
Maybe not “10 rice cookers, numerous other hot plates” but very likely TVs stereos and lots of computers.
It’s very likely more than 10-15 cars belong to these people and they park all along the streets. It doesn’t make for a nice beautiful neighborhood.
More like an unsupervised keiki. That’s the story of most of these kind of house fires.
Twenty-two people in the home : Bangladesh in the making. Vicious overpopulation aggravated by rampant and harmful immigration. America is going downhill.
22? Glad they all made it out okay.
AMEN!
Yep you can replace most belongings. Lives are precious.
That is a LOT of people living in one house !!! Lucky everybody made it out OK.
No wonder why WestSiders complain of traffic backing up everyday past Makakilo heading to the WestSide! Peeps are quadrupling up in homes in low rent areas.
sometimes no can help. bad breaks, accidents, illnesses, etc. hawaii isn’t very forgiving when s*** happens.
sometimes can help. birth control, family planning, abstinence. sometimes people create their own s***.
and give up the potential income from welfare!?!?! are you MAD!?!!
sometimes that is true
Darn overpopulation!
There are too many people living together in houses in Hawaii. 22 people in a “single story home” is a really crowded situation. That neighborhood probably has cars lined up all along the streets. In addition, with 22 people, didn’t any of them think about insurance? Homeowners insurance would provide for housing them if their home is destroyed by fire.
it’s difficult to pay for insurance when you blow your money on fireworks, hawaiian jewelry, cars you can’t afford and other bright, shiny things.
Don’t forget raised trucks, cigarettes, weed and booze.
The horrible effects of overpopulation are visible everywhere.