Honolulu house fire leaves 2 dead
HONOLULU — An adult and a child were found dead after a fire at the home of a Honolulu police officer.
Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Scot Seguirant said firefighters responding to the Wednesday blaze found two people dead.
Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Scot Seguirant said firefighters responding to the blaze in a single-story home in Kaimuki found two people dead.
He said the adult was found in the garage and the child was found in the living room. He didn’t yet know their ages or genders.
Seguirant says the fire was reported a little after 8 a.m.
He says it’s not clear if anyone else was in the home at the time of the fire.
Honolulu Acting Police Chief Jonathon Grems said in a statement that the department is supporting the officer during “this heartbreaking tragedy.” The department isn’t releasing the officer’s name.
Oahu homeowner sues Honolulu over damage caused by flooding
HONOLULU — The executive director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is suing the city of Honolulu after his home and others were damaged by flooding in April.
Hakim Ouansafi filed a class-action lawsuit last week in state court on behalf of hundreds of east Oahu homeowners that received damage to their properties.
The lawsuit claims the city failed to adequately evaluate, repair and maintain existing flood and drainage systems as residential development and public works projects progressed near streams.
Ouansafi claims the damage was caused by runoff that included wastewater and sewage that overwhelmed the city’s system.
City spokesman Andrew Pereira says the city is reserving comment on the lawsuit because Honolulu Corporation Counsel Donna Leong had not yet seen it.