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KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / KMARCELLUS@STARADVERTISER.COM
Honolulu firefighters Monday investigated the scene of a fire on Lusitana Street.
Army wife is found dead at home
Military authorities are investigating the death of an Army wife at Aliamanu Military Reservation over the weekend.
The woman was found dead at her AMR home at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, and special agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating, officials said.
The name of the victim was not being released pending notification of family members.
No further information was being released.
Lusitana Street closed after sofa fire
Seven people — five adults and two children — escaped injury when a sofa on the second story of a Punchbowl house caught fire Monday morning.
The fire broke out at about 8:20 a.m. on the 1600 block of Lusitana Street.
Heavy smoke was coming from the second-floor room, where the sofa was located, when five fire companies arrived. Firefighters contained the fire to the second floor, and it was extinguished at 8:32 a.m.
Police closed Lusitana Street between School and Puowaina streets while firefighters battled the fire. It reopened by 9:30 a.m.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
