Man, 62, injured in Makiki building fire
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Honolulu firefighters work the scene of a structure fire on Kinau Street in Honolulu Saturday.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Honolulu firefighters work the scene of a structure fire on Kinau Street in Honolulu Saturday.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
The cause of a Saturday Kinau Street blaze remains under investigation.
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The cause of the blaze remains under investigation and it wasn’t clear if anyone was injured.
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Honolulu firefighters work the scene of a structure fire on Kinau Street in Honolulu.
A 62-year-old man was injured in a Makiki building fire Saturday afternoon.
The Honolulu Fire Department responded to a 911 call at 12:51 p.m. reporting a fire at 1353 Kinau St.
Firefighters arrived in less than five minutes later to find heavy black smoke coming from the second floor of a small two-story, mixed-occupancy structure with a coin-operated laundry business on the first floor and a residential unit on the second floor, HFD said.
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said paramedics treated a 62-year-old man who escaped the fire and left the property before firefighters arrived.
The man went to a Times Supermarket, where a good Samaritan called 911. EMS personnel treated the man and took him to a hospital in stable condition.
HFD said 11 units with 41 personnel were dispatched to the fire, which firefighters brought under control by 1:38 p.m. and extinguished by 2:13 p.m.
The origin and cause of the fire was accidental, HFD said. The fire originated from clothes dryer exhaust lint that spread to surrounding combustibles. The damage was estimated at $410,000 to the property and contents.
