AIEA, Hawaii (Island News) — Honolulu firefighters extinguished a fire at a high-rise apartment in Aiea on Thursday that left a family without a home.
The Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call about a fire at the Halawa View Apartments at 5:23 p.m. on Oct. 9. When firefighters arrived several minutes later, a fire sprinkler was activated on the 12th floor of the building with smoke in the hallway.
In order to get water up to that floor, firefighters used a hydrant to secure a water supply and filled the standpipe system in the stairwells. Inside of the apartment, combustible material was found burning on the kitchen stove…