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The Honolulu Medical Examiner says the man who died in a Kalihi Valley tenement house fire earlier this month succumbed to burns. The medical examiner has identified the victim as Ruben Balintona, 51.
Firefighters responding to an alarm Jan. 9 found Balintona’s body in a living room at 2934 Kalihi St.
Police charged Daniel Manuel, 58, another resident of the house, with first-degree arson and second-degree murder. A state judge has ordered Manuel to undergo a mental evaluation.