KAILUA, Oahu, Hawaii -- Two women were critically injured after a fire broke out at a home in Kailua Monday night. The fire started at about 5:30 p.m. at a house on 1222 Kainui Dr.

Witnesses said one of the women may have been stabbed.

Neighbors and people passing by quickly came to the house to help the two women. Witnesses said one woman was on fire in the front yard, but the other was trapped inside the burning home.

A passing Navy doctor pulled the trapped woman out of the home and began helping the victims.

"The mother and the aunt were laying on the ground her throat was stabbed and she was bleeding and they were on fire. Her back was on flames and she was rolling around in the water trying to get the fire off her back," witness Alyssa Erickson said

Neighbors say the fire was deliberately set and that one of the victim's sons may be to blame.

Another son who lived at the home says he was coming home and saw the flames. He said he does not know what happened.

"Thank you to all the people who helped. Some of the guys had pretty serious burns on their arms from dragging my aunt and my mom out of the house," said Kawika White, one of the victim's sons.

Witnesses said they could see flames shooting 50 feet in the air.

Fire officials said the home was destroyed and a home next door was also damaged.