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Firefighters extinguish blaze at abandoned building in Mapunapuna

Honolulu firefighters extinguished a fire at a commercial building in Mapunapuna this afternoon, the Honolulu Fire Department reported.

At around 4:20 p.m., HFD received a call about a building fire at 664 Kakoi St. Responding firefighters arrived at the scene and found a “visible fire emanating from a second floor window of an abandoned two-story commercial building.”

Firefighters searched the building for occupants but found that it was empty. They brought the fire under control within minutes and extinguished it at just before 4:50 p.m.

The cause and origin of the fire is still being investigated. HFD reported no injuries and said that the unit was not equipped with smoke alarms.

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