The investigation of the Kaimuki house fire that claimed a mother and her baby continued Thursday after the Honolulu Fire Department discovered three 20-pound, barbecue-type propane tanks in the carport.
“It is still part of the investigation, and it still hasn’t been confirmed or ruled out that they were the cause of the fire,” HFD spokesman Capt. Scot Seguirant said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, he said Thursday night.
Firefighters on Wednesday morning discovered the bodies of Connie Moribe Wharton, 33, in the carport and 9-month-old Sophia in the living room of their home at 733-A Luakaha St. Honolulu Police Lt. Nathan Wharton, the husband and father of the victims, was not home at the time of the fire.