HFD: Makalapa school fire was intentionally set
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The Honolulu Fire Department says a fire at Makalapa Elementary School over the weekend was intentionally set using a cigarette lighter.
The fire, which occurred Sunday at about 8 p.m., has been classified as incendiary.
HFD responded with six units and 22 firefighters who found smoke and flames coming from a small, single-story wooden structure at the school in Salt Lake.
An HFD investigator has identified the ignition source as a cigarette lighter and “multiple miscellaneous paper items.”
No one was in the building during the fire, and no injuries were reported.
Damage is estimated at $155,000.
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