A Hawaiian Shores home where police say a homicide took place 2 1/2 weeks ago was substantially damaged by fire Wednesday morning.
According to a written Hawaii Fire Department statement, 10 units responded to the 9:04 a.m. alarm of a fire at 15-2768 Opae St., with the first unit arriving on scene at 9:20 a.m.
Arriving firefighters found the second floor of the two-story structure fully involved in flames and nobody at the scene.
“The doors and windows of the bottom story were noted to be boarded-up with plywood,” the statement read.
The fire was reported under control at 9:50 a.m. and extinguished at 10:30 a.m.
Damage was estimated at $140,000, and firefighters were able to save an estimated $28,000 in property value.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.