Moiliili apartment building fire caused by unattended cooking
Video courtesy Mitchell Pinkerton
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at a two-story apartment building in Moiliili in Honolulu, Hawaii. This footage was captured by a reader. (Video courtesy Mitchell Pinkerton)
Honolulu firefighters responded to an early morning fire today at a two-story apartment building in Moiliili.
At 1:33 a.m. today, 11 units staffed with 43 personnel responded to the fire at 713 Hausten St. Upon arrival five minutes later, firefighters found the second floor fully involved with fire. Three families with a total of 12 occupants were alerted to the fire and safely escaped without injuries.
The fire was brought under control at 2:18 a.m. and fully extinguished at 3 a.m.
It was determined that the fire was accidentally caused due to unattended cooking.
Damages have been estimated to be $798,000 to the structure and $30,000 to its contents. The total property loss for this incident has been estimated to be $828,000.
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