Juliana Nacino was watching TV Wednesday evening when she heard the sound of a large fire behind her home.
She got up slowly and proceeded to her back porch to check out the noise.
“I said, ‘Oh my God! My neighbor’s house is on fire.’ I was so scared,” she said. “In my condition, I can’t speak well because of my stroke, and I cannot move too fast. I went out, just in case my house catches on fire.”
A three-bedroom home was destroyed by fire Wednesday evening along Kaumualii Highway in Kalaheo, according to Kauai Fire Department officials.
The adult male occupant fled the home without injury. The fire appears to have started on the front porch of the home, but the cause remains under investigation, officials said.