Army wife is found dead at home

Military authorities are investigating the death of an Army wife at Alia­manu Military Reservation over the weekend.

The woman was found dead at her AMR home at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, and special agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating, officials said.

The name of the victim was not being released pending notification of family members.

No further information was being released.

Lusitana Street closed after sofa fire

Seven people — five adults and two children — escaped injury when a sofa on the second story of a Punchbowl house caught fire Monday morning.

The fire broke out at about 8:20 a.m. on the 1600 block of Lusi­tana Street.

Heavy smoke was coming from the second-floor room, where the sofa was located, when five fire companies arrived. Firefighters contained the fire to the second floor, and it was extinguished at 8:32 a.m.

Police closed Lusi­tana Street between School and Puo­waina streets while firefighters battled the fire. It reopened by 9:30 a.m.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.