A fire, blamed on a faulty power strip, caused an estimated $450,000 damage in the second-floor warehouse of the POP Ocean and Marine Building at Pier 38, a fire department spokesman said.

The fire broke out at about 8:02 p.m. Friday night and damage was confined to office and warehouse space belonging to Liferaft and Marine Safety Equipment Inc., an affiliate of POP, said fire Capt. Terry Seelig. Damage is estimated to be $200,000 to the building $250,000 to contents, which included warehouse items, Seelig said.

Other parts of the 190,000-square-foot building, including POP’s store and warehouse, and the popular Nico’s at Pier 38 restaurant, were not damaged, he said.

No one is believed to have been in the building when the fire began and no one was injured.

The fire was brought under control by 8:22 p.m. Personnel from the Kalihi Uka station were on scene within three minutes and in all, five engines, two ladder trucks and a rescue company responded to the scene, Seelig said.