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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010

Fire destroys half of Aliamanu duplex home


Advertiser Staff

The Red Cross was providing emergency shelter and other help to residents who were left homeless Thursday after fire destroyed a three-bedroom duplex home at 922 Kahikolu Place in Äliamanu.

The fire was reported at 1:40 p.m. and extinguished at 3:04 p.m. No one was injured.
A man was home in the adjoining duplex unit but got out unharmed, fire officials said.
Two men and a woman lived in the home where the fire began.
Four fire companies and 22 firefighters battled the fire.
The cause of the fire was under investigation. Loss was estimated at $315,000 to the two-story building.
Exterior siding to a duplex unit next door at 924 Kahikolu Place suffered an estimated $5,000 damage.