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Family of 8 left homeless after blaze guts residence

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Firefighters worked through the charred shell of an Awa­moku Street house on Tuesday in Wai­pahu. Eight people were displaced because of the fire, which might have started from a cooking mishap. Eight fire companies and 32 fire department personnel responded to the fire, which was reported at 3:01 p.m. and brought under control at 3:19 p.m. Damage is estimated at $450,000.