A fire that displaced 10 people in McCully on Saturday caused about $300,000 in damage to a five-unit apartment building and singed three other buildings, a fire official said.
The cause of the 6:14 p.m. fire at the wooden structure at 1737 Waiola St. remains under investigation, Honolulu Fire Capt. James Todd said.
A firefighter who sustained minor injuries at the scene was taken to a hospital, Todd said. No other injuries were reported.
The fire resulted in about $240,000 in damage to the structure and $60,000 to its contents. Three neighboring structures sustained a total of about $12,000 in damage, Todd said Sunday.
The blaze appeared to have started in a downstairs unit, according to witnesses.
Police capture Laumaka furlough fugitive
Honolulu police have apprehended an escaped Oahu furlough inmate.
Sean Young ran from the Laumaka Work Furlough Center while being processed following a scheduled workday May 6.
He was located and arrested Sunday and will be returned to the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
Young is serving time for theft, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and criminal property damage.
Crash in Palolo leaves woman, 46, injured
A 46-year-old woman was seriously injured Sunday in a two-vehicle collision that resulted in one vehicle crashing into a house in Palolo, according to an Emergency Medical Services report.
The incident occurred shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Kaau Street near 9th Avenue.
Paramedics took the woman to a local trauma center.
Hikers survive 3 days stranded in Koolaus
What started out for three local men as a day hike ended up as part of three days and two nights in the Koolau Mountains.
Fire rescue personnel Saturday airlifted the three men, who are in their 20s, off a ridge above Ahuimanu in Windward Oahu.
The men started their hike Thursday on the Aiea Loop Trail on the Leeward side of the Koolaus, fire Capt. James Todd said. The men veered off the trail, got lost and ended up on the Windward side, Todd said. They were trying to get out of the mountains but were trapped on a ridge, he said.
They used their cellphone to call the Fire Department at 12:46 p.m. Saturday, Todd said.
The Fire Department helicopter brought the three down to Kaneohe District Park.
