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Firefighters are investigating the cause of a two-alarm fire that gutted a garage Tuesday in Liliha. Thirty-five firefighters responding to the blaze in the 1600 block of Olona Lane at about 3:35 p.m. contended with heavy smoke and flames coming from the two-story home’s garage, said Honolulu fire Capt. David Jenkins. Five people who had been inside the home when the fire started escaped without injury. Firefighters extinguished the fire by 4:10 p.m. Jenkins said the garage was heavily damaged, but the home was not touched by the fire and the occupants were not displaced. A damage estimate was unavailable.

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Man charged after girl inhales pot

A 33-year-old man was charged Tuesday after allegedly allowing a 7-year-old girl to inhale marijuana smoke.

Michael Primacio of Makiki was charged with attempted first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor. His bail was set at $15,000.

Police said Primacio allowed the girl to inhale marijuana smoke at about 4 p.m. Sunday in Kahuku. He was arrested at about 7:45 p.m.

Suspect who fired gun in Burger King sought

Police are looking for a man who fired a handgun inside a Burger King during a robbery Sunday in Kapolei.

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The suspect discharged the gun in the restaurant before fleeing at about 9 p.m., police said.

Police opened first-degree robbery case and second-degree attempted murder cases.

Woman hit by vehicle in Pearl City

Police are looking for a 21-year-old man who struck a female pedestrian with a vehicle in Pearl City.

The 21-year-old woman, who said she knows the suspect, fell and struck her head on the ground at about 9 p.m. Saturday, police said. An Emergency Medical Services report said she was taken in stable condition to a hospital.

The man fled the scene and remains at large, police said. A second-degree attempted murder case was opened.

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Man is charged in home robbery on Big Isle

Hawaii County authorities Tuesday charged a 31-year-old man who allegedly broke into an Ocean View home and robbed a couple in their 70s.

Police responded at about 4 p.m. Sunday to a report of a man with a knife at a home on the 92-1600 block of Aloha Boulevard in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision.

Police said a man broke into the home and threatened the husband and wife, both 73, with a knife and a rock. He then allegedly forcibly took keys from the man during a struggle and attempted to steal theircar.

Police arrived as the suspect was fleeing on foot. Officers arrested Alan J. Dush.

Dush, who listed no permanent address, was charged Tuesday with burglary, robbery, terroristic threatening, assault, criminal property damage, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, attempted theft andattempted unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle. His bail was set at $25,500.