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HFD says Aiea house fire caused by unattended cooking

The Honolulu Fire Department said a Wednesday night house fire at 99-129 Pooholua Drive in Aiea was accidentally caused by unattended cooking.

A pet dog was seriously injured in the fire, HFD said this afternoon.

The damage caused an estimated $720,000 to the structure, and $80,000 to its contents.

HFD said the fire broke out just before 8 p.m., displacing three residents, who were not home at the time of the blaze. Firefighters were on the scene at 8:02 p.m., after receiving a 911 call at 7:56 p.m. to the the single-family residence. The fire was extinguished at 9:05 p.m.

HFD made two searches to confirm no occupants were in the structure.

Honolulu police, meanwhile, opened a second-degree arson investigation this morning into a separate Aiea house fire from Tuesday.

According to a police report today, an unknown suspect started the fire, which was initially classified as first-degree arson.

No one had been arrested as of this morning.

Correction: The Pooholua Drive fire occurred Wednesday and the cause has been listed as accidental. An earlier version of this story said the Pooholua Drive fire happened Tuesday and was being investigated as arson.
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