H-1 crash severely injures motorcyclist

KAUAI COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT

A family of three was displaced after a fire damaged their Kilauea, Kauai, home early Thursday. At 4:58 a.m. firefighters responded to a fire at a single-story house on Titcomb Street and extinguished the blaze shortly after 6 a.m. According to the Kauai Fire Department, the fire appeared to have originated in one of the bedrooms. A man and his 7-year-old grandson were able to escape without injury. Damage to the home was estimated at $150,000 to the structure and its contents. The fire’s cause is under investigation. The American Red Cross is assisting the family.

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash involving another vehicle Thursday night on the H-1 freeway, police dispatch said. Read more