Police are looking for a man who robbed a Waikiki bank Monday morning.
Police said the man entered the Waikiki branch of Bank of Hawaii, 2155 Kalakaua Ave., at about 9 a.m.
He handed the teller a demand note and fled on foot in the Diamond Head direction, police said.
The suspect is described as 6 feet 5 inches tall, between 30 and 40 years old, weighing 220 pounds, with black hair, and wearing a black long-sleeved shirt, black shorts, a black baseball cap and dark sunglasses.
Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellphone, or by texting *CS808 plus your message to 274637 or CRIMES.
Fire officials can’t ID cause of condo blaze
Honolulu Fire Department investigators have classified the cause of a three-alarm condo fire in the Keeaumoku Street area over the weekend as undetermined.
Fire Department spokesman Capt. David Jenkins said there’s insufficient information to identify one specific cause.
At about 10:30 a.m. Sunday, about 50 firefighters responded to a fire on the third floor of a residential building at 620 Sheridan St. Residents in the 32-unit building were evacuated. Firefighters brought the fire under control in about 15 minutes and extinguished it shortly after.
Emergency Medical Services treated and transported a 49-year-old man and two women, ages 58 and 88, in stable condition to a hospital due to smoke inhalation.
Several apartments were damaged by the fire, and the entire building was considered unsafe for residents to occupy overnight due to smoke damage and fumes. Most were allowed to return to their apartments Monday afternoon, according to Jenkins.
3 stranded Molokai pig hunters rescued
Maui Fire Department personnel rescued three Molokai pig hunters who spent Saturday evening stranded in Pelekunu Valley on Molokai’s north shore.
The three hunters — two men ages 18 and 30, and a 15-year-old girl — were among a group of six people who reached the remote area by boat. They, along with nine hunting dogs, were unable to make it back to the boat when weather and ocean conditions worsened.
The boat’s operator notified the Coast Guard before returning to Moomomi Beach with the three other hunters.
The Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter to the site Saturday night, but the crew was unable to airlift the hunters due to deteriorating weather.
An MFD helicopter crew flew to the site at 10:20 a.m. Sunday and airlifted the hunters to Hoolehua Fire Station. All three were in good health, and none required medical attention.
The dogs were left at Pelekunu Valley. The hunters told MFD officials they will return for them once weather and ocean conditions improve.
