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ALEXIS OYAMA / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Alexis Oyama / Special to the Star-Advertiser A house on Beretania Street went up in flames Saturday. Below, only the charred shell of the abandoned home next to Auntie Pasto's restaurant was left standing.
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Firefighters gather their equipment after extinguishing a house fire on So. Beretania St. just past the Pensacola St. intersection.
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Honolulu police and fire personnel responded to a house fire on So. Beretania St. just past the Pensacola St. intersection, blocking all west bound lanes of Beretania and two makai bound lanes of Pensacola.
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Firefighters responded to a house fire on So. Beretania St. just past the Pensacola St. intersection, on the west side of the Auntie Pastos restaurant.
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2013 July 20 CTY - Beretania Fire - Firefighters gather their equipment after extinguishing a house fire on So. Beretania St. just past the Pensacola St. intersection. HSA photo by Bruce Asato
Fire consumed an abandoned home on Beretania Street Saturday.
Six engine companies, two ladder companies, a rescue crew and a battalion commander were dispatched to the blaze, which was first reported just after 5:30 p.m. at a lot next door to Auntie Pasto’s restaurant on Pensacola Street.
Police closed Beretania and Young streets in both directions between Pensacola and Victoria Street while firefighters brought the fire under control. Police eventually reopened two mauka lanes for traffic before reopening the entire street at 8:50 p.m.
No injuries were reported and no other structures were damaged. Auntie Pasto’s closed for the evening but will reopen this morning, according to a sign posted on the door.
Homeless people in the area were known to occupy the abandoned single-story structure, according to Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Robert Main.
Fire investigators remained at the scene for several hours, examining the hollowed structure and the trash-strewn area around it.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
