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10 displaced by McCully fire that damages 3 units

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  • LEILA FUJIMORI / LFUJIMORI@STARADVERTISER.COM
    Units were dispatched to Hauoli Street about 6:25 p.m.
  • LEILA FUJIMORI / LFUJIMORI@STARADVERTISER.COM
    Miki Sen, 8, comforts her aunt, Carrie Koyanagi, whose Waiola Street apartment was damaged by fire Saturday afternoon. Sen was going to spend the night with her aunt and grandmother.

Ten people living in a five-unit apartment building in McCully were displaced, and a firefighter was injured, by a fire that quickly ravaged the wooden structure Saturday night.

The fire started in a downstairs unit, according to witnesses.

Capt. James Todd said 32 firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire, which was reported at 6:14 p.m. at

1737 Waiola St. and brought under control at 6:56 p.m. Three units were damaged, two heavily.

A firefighter was taken with moderate injuries to a hospital, Todd said.

No damage estimate or cause was available Saturday night. The Red Cross was assisting, Todd said.

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