Police & Fire

Boy critically hurt in fall from apartment

A 3-year-old boy was in critical condition after apparently falling from a third-floor landing at a Wai­pahu apartment Monday night.

The fall occurred at 6:08 p.m. at a residential apartment complex on Pupu­ole Street, according to an Emergency Medical Services report.

The boy was transported to a trauma center.

Residents said the boy was playing with other young children in the ground-level courtyard and apparently went upstairs shortly before the fall.

Man rescued from smoke-filled home

A smoke detector and responsible neighbors helped a 56-year-old man survive a potentially life-threatening situation in Ewa Beach on Sunday night.

Firefighters were called to a Pua­niu Street address at about 9 p.m. after neighbors heard the man’s smoke detector beeping and saw smoke escaping through a window. The firefighters forced open the man’s front door and found him passed out in the bathroom while food was burning on his stove, according to Hono­lulu Fire Department spokes­man Capt. Carlton Yamada.

The man was transported by Emergency Medical Services to an area hospital in serious condition with complications from apparent intoxication and smoke inhalation.

Empty kayak is found drifting off Maui

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help in locating the owner of a single-person red-and-yellow kayak found off the southern coast of Maui.

The 8- to 10-foot kayak was recovered at 7 a.m. off Ma­kena. The case is being classified as a possible distress.

The kayak had no growth on it and has the seat in. It was unmanned and adrift with no gear on board and had no identification on it.

The kayak was recovered by a boat and turned over to the Coast Guard on Maui.

Anyone with information on the kayak’s owner or possible point of origination is asked to call the Coast Guard at 842-2600.