PHOTOS: Two people are confirmed to have died in a two-alarm house fire in the Makiki area, Thursday afternoon.
Honolulu firefighters were called out to the scene in the 900 block of Spencer Street just before 1 p.m. When crews arrived they could see flames shooting from the roof of a two-story building. Firefighters worked quickly and were able to get the fire under control around 1:05 p.m. while simultaneously searching for people inside the building. Crews had the fire fully extinguished at 1:40 p.m.
Two people, both said to be elderly individuals, are confirmed to have died in the fire, according to the Honolulu Fire Department and the Medical Examiner’s Office. An elderly man was found just outside of the home under the exterior staircase of the building and one elderly woman was found in one of the bedrooms on the ground floor.