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KAILUA-KONA — Fire officials are investigating the cause of a Sunday morning structure fire that damaged a two-story home in Hilo.
Hawaii Fire Department personnel responded to the home at 180 Mauna Loa St. at 10:45 a.m. and arrived several minutes later to find the residential structure’s upper story engulfed in flames. The 3,000-square-foot home’s occupants had escaped the structure prior to their arrival.
Firefighters quickly knocked down the flames, declaring the fire under control at 10:58 a.m. and extinguished at 11:08 a.m.
No injuries were reported. Fire officials estimated damage to the wooden-frame structure at $200,000.