Kailua firefighters yesterday morning extinguished a fire at the Lani Huli Elderly Apartments on Aulike Street in Kailua.

According to Honolulu Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Earle Kealoha, a resident of a second-floor unit placed an ironing board too close to her stove while ironing, then accidentally turned on one of the burners. The woman, believed to be in her 70s, then left the apartment to go to her car and the clothes caught fire.
A smoke detector activated, disabling the elevators on the first floor. Firefighters were alerted around 8:15 a.m. and arrived quickly and put out the fire with extinguishers.
Damage, estimated at $2,000, was contained to the stove and garments.