Official Report: VAL HALA APARTMENTS 120 PUUEO STREET Structure Fire

Friday, 11/29/2024 1:41am

11 HFD apparatus; 23 HFD personnel

UNDER INVESTIGATION

APARTMENT RESIDENTS NOT HOME AT TIME OF HFD ARRIVAL. AFTER FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, RESIDENT RETURNED TO SCENE STATING SHE WAS NOT AT HOME WHEN FIRE BROKE OUT. HOWEVER TWO OTHERS WERE THERE AND ONE WAS AT THE HILO MEDICAL CENTER WITH BURN INJURY TO ARM. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN AT SCENE. HFD HELPED WITH WATER REMOVAL FROM THE APARTMENT THAT HAD THE FIRE. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WERE NOTIFIED AND ASSISTED THE FIRE DAMAGED APARTMENT RESIDENTS AND THE WATER DAMAGED APARTMENT BELOW.

SMOKE COMING FROM 2 FLOOR APT WITH FLAMES VISIBLE. BUILDING RESIDENTS ON SCENE USING HOUSE FIRE LINES TO TRY AND EXTINGUISH FIRE FROM THE OUTSIDE. FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED BY FIRE PERSONNEL WITH THE HOUSE LINES AND OVERHAUL WAS COMPLETED NO FIRE EXTENSION TO OTHER APARTMENTS.