CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Honolulu Fire Department investigators were on the scene Wednesday at a house fire at the end of a remote, private road near Kuliouou Neighborhood Park.
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Honolulu firefighters are investigating the cause of a massive fire that destroyed a home in East Oahu where a family of four that include a toddler and infant suffered smoke inhalation, burns
and cuts from shards of glass.
Ten units with more than 35 firefighters responded
to the two-alarm fire at a wooden, single-story residence off Kuliouou Road at the end of a narrow private road just before 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The home is near Kuliouou Neighborhood Park and is accessible by a wooden bridge.
A 37-year-old man, 32-year-old woman, 22-month-old boy and 6-month old boy were home at the time and fled the house, said Honolulu Fire spokesman Capt. Jeffrey Roache.
When firefighters arrived, they found the house engulfed in flames.
Emergency Medical
Services treated the
man and took him to a
hospital in critical condition. The woman and
their two sons suffered
second-degree burns and were taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition.
Roache said two adults who live next door safely evacuated their home with their baby.
Firefighters brought the fire under control about midnight and extinguished it just before 2:10 a.m. Wednesday.
Roache deemed the
structure a total loss.
Damage to the home is
estimated at $175,500 to
the structure and its contents.
Damage to three vehicles scorched by the blaze is
estimated at $20,000.