Official Report: SACRED HEARTS PUBLIC SHELTER HOUSING, Puna, Structure Fire
Friday, 5/23/2025, 3:03pm
8 HFD apparatus; 16 HFD personnel
Loss: $15,000
1 FEMALE OCCUPANT; SELF EXTRICATED
100 Square feet single story wooden residential structure
Cause: POSSIBLE SMOKING RELATED INCIDENT
MULTIPLE HFD UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE AT THE SACRED HEARTS PUBLIC SHELTER HOUSING UNITS. HPD WAS ON SCENE UPON ARRIVAL AND HAD CLEARED THE SCENE OF BYSTANDERS AND ASSISTED IN EVACUATING NEARBY STRUCTURES. UPON ARRIVAL CO-10 PERSONNEL FOUND A 10′ X 10′ SINGLE OCCUPANT TYPE RESIDENTIAL WOODEN FRAMED STRUCTURE WITH CONTENTS 90 % INVOLVED IN FIRE WITH FIRE LAPPING OUT OF THE DOORWAY AND WINDOWS. NO OTHER STRUCTURES WERE BEING THREATENED BY FIRE AND THE LONE OCCUPANT WAS OUT OF THE STRUCTURE. OTHER HFD UNITS WERE CANCELLED ENROUTE BY CO-10 DUE TO THE SMALL SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE FIRE. THE 60’S FEMALE OCCUPANT WAS EVALUATED BY EMS PERSONNEL AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HBMC FOR FURTHER TREATMENT OF POSSIBLE SMOKE INHALATION. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE UNIT WAS OVERHAULED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
SMALL RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH CONTENTS 90% INVOLVED IN FIRE.
