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Firefighters battle blaze at business building in Līhu‘e

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Firefighters at the scene at a fire Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, on Umi Street in Līhu‘e. (Photo Courtesy: Kaua‘i Fire Department)

No injuries were reported in a fire Jan. 21 at a one-story business building in Līhu‘e. The cause of the early afternoon blaze remains under investigation.

Firefighters were dispatched Tuesday to a structure fire on Umi Street, arriving at about 1 p.m. to discover smoke coming from a rooftop vent of the business building.

Kaua‘i Fire Department crews made their way into the structure, encoutering heavy smoke before finding and fully extinguishing the blaze at its origin.

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Investigators with the department’s Fire Prevention Bureau then took over the scene and conducted an investigation.

Firefighters cleared the scene shortly before 3:15 p.m.

Damages to the structure and contents are estimated at $90,000.

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Personnel with the Kapa‘a, Kalāheo and Līhu‘e fire stations, Fire Prevention Bureau, Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative and Kaua‘i Police Department as well as the on-duty Kaua‘i Fire Department battalion chief responded to the fire.

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