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Two people were taken to a hospital and a family of six was displaced after a fire in a two-story home in Waipahu on Tuesday.
Firefighters responded to the fire on Kahuaina Street at 8:13 a.m. and contained the blaze to one of four rental units in the home.
Neighbors used garden hoses to try to extinguish the fire, Fire Department spokesman Capt. Terry Seelig said.
Firefighters had the blaze under control at 8:23 a.m. and extinguished five minutes later.
An extended family of six — four adults and two children — live in the ground-floor unit that caught fire, Seelig said. Paramedics took a man in his 20s with minor burns and a woman in her 70s with respiratory problems to a hospital.
Seelig said there were no smoke alarms in the two-story home. "We always advise residents to get a smoke alarm," he said.
The American Red Cross was helping the family with temporary housing.
Damage to the rental unit was estimated at $50,000. The cause of the fire was under investigation.