Fire chars abandoned two-story home in Kapalama
Honolulu firefighters battled a fire that broke out at a vacant home in Kapalama today.
Eleven units with 41 firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire on Pohaku Street at 9 a.m.
When crews arrived, they saw black smoke emanating from a vacant two-story structure, the Honolulu Fire Department said.
No one was in the structure at the time of the fire.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control at 9:17 a.m. and extinguished it shortly after 10:05 a.m.
No injuries were reported.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation. A damage estimate has yet to be determined.
This is the second time a fire occurred at the structure.
In May 2021, a fire at the Pohaku Street home caused damage estimated at $214,000 to the home and its contents.
