Small fires doused at 2 hotels in Waikiki

Honolulu firefighters put out two small smoldering fires at Waikiki hotels Friday.

Police closed Kalia Road in Waikiki between Ala Moana Boulevard and the Hale Koa Hotel because of a small smoldering fire coming from the roof of the second-floor mezzanine level of the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

Fire officials said smoke was coming from a generator exhaust system on the roof near the Tapa Tower.

In the other fire, firefighters needed only a bucket of water to douse smoldering embers and cool off an electrical motor belt in the ventilation system of the Pacific Beach Hotel’s fifth-floor kitchen Friday morning.

Eight companies with 30 firefighters responded to the fire reported in the kitchen of the hotel on Kalakaua Avenue. The 837-room hotel was evacuated while firefighters sought the source of the smoke. Guests were allowed to return after half an hour.

The cause of the electrical fire is under investigation.

Female suspect arrested in man’s death

A 31-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a man she was fighting died Thursday afternoon at the Beretania Community Park on Aala Street.

The 36-year-old victim was taken by ambulance to the Queen’s Medical Center, where he died.