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Fire Guts Kaneohe Home, Damages Another

Firefighters Say No One Seriously Injured In House Fire

POSTED: 9:09 am HST October 30, 2009
UPDATED: 9:59 pm HST October 30, 2009

Fire gutted a Kaneohe home and damaged the house next door on Friday morning.

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Fire damages two homes in Kaneohe.
It broke out at about 6:45 a.m. on Anoi Road.

Firefighters arrived to find flames engulfing the structure. They had it under control within 15 minutes. The Honolulu Fire Department dispatched four units to the scene.

No one was in the house at the time the fire started. A neighbor suffered minor injuries with a burn to a hand, fire officials said.

Twenty firefighters responded to the call at homes on Anoi Road.
The American Red Cross is helping the family of four, two adults and two children, that lived in the house where the fire began.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of the blaze.

Officials estimate damage at $500,000 to the home and $100,000 to the second home.

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