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Fire sprinklers helped contain an early morning fire Sunday at the Safeway on Kapahulu Avenue in Kapahulu.
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Fire sprinklers helped contain an early morning fire Sunday at the Safeway on Kapahulu Avenue in Kapahulu.
Eleven employees and three customers fled the grocery after the fire started in one of the aisles, said Honolulu Fire Capt. Scot Seguirant. The first Honolulu Fire Department unit arrived at 4:39 a.m. to find smoke surging from the store entrance.
Some 40 firefighters from 10 units had the fire out by 5:40 a.m., Seguirant said. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, and a damage estimate was not available.
Moped fatality identified as Waianae man
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office identified a moped rider killed Friday in Nanakuli as Akoni Cruz, 33, of Waianae.
Police said Cruz was stopped on Farrington Highway while waiting to turn left into a driveway near Nanaikeola Street at about 8:15 p.m. when a Toyota pickup truck operated by 59-year-old man struck him from behind. The impact propelled Cruz into the path of an oncoming Chevy pickup.
Cruz is Oahu’s 19th traffic fatality this year, compared with 14 at this time last year.
Hiker airlifted to safety in Laie
Firefighters rescued a hiker who spent Saturday night on the Laie Falls trail after getting lost. The Honolulu Fire Department said the hiker, a woman in her 20s, got disoriented near the summit. She spent the night on the trail and planned to find her way out Sunday morning but became exhausted and called for help at 10:43 a.m. HFD dispatched four units and its helicopter, which airlifted the hiker to a landing zone near the end of Poohaili Street at 12:06 p.m. The hiker did not report any injuries.
