Twenty-five-year-old Jeff Fiala was killed while fighting an apartment fire on Young Street in the McCully area on Jan. 6. Five other firefighters and one occupant were hospitalized.

"We're going to do everything we can, we're going to investigate everything we can to make sure the Honolulu Fire Department and the people of Honolulu have answers as to what happened, why a firefighter was lost.

ATF agents based in Honolulu have already started the investigation, but a few dozen more are on the way from various states.

HFD officials worked alongside the Bureau of Alcohol Tabacco Explosives National Response Team to complete the on-scene origin and cause fire investigation.

There was no update on the one injured civilian who was hospitalized. Honolulu Fire Chief Sheldon K. Hao told reporters at the department’s South Street headquarters Tuesday that Fiala served the county with “honor and courage.” The surviving ...

Honolulu Ocean Safety, along with the Honolulu Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard. continued searching for two missing teens today on Oahu’s North Shore on Ke Iki Beach near Sharks Cove, according to the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.

The only thing more reliable in Hawaii than the annual explosions lighting up the New Year’s Eve sky has been the failure of politicians and law enforcement to address the issue in any meaningful way.

A 33-year-old man has died in the hospital, following an attempted murder incident that involved him being lit on fire on December 27, 2024, in the Kalihi area.

Samantha Chun, left, and Joseph Fujioka. The search for two missing teens off Oahu’s North Shore continued today without success. Honolulu Ocean Safety said this evening it will resume the search with its partners on Tuesday. The surf is expected to be smaller than in previous days.

COURTESY PHOTO / CRIMESTOPPERS Samantha Chun, left, and Joseph Fujioka. The search for off Oahu’s North Shore continued on Monday without success. Ocean Safety said this evening it will resume the search with its partners today.

COURTESY PHOTO / CRIMESTOPPERS Samantha Chun, left, and Joseph Fujioka. The search for off Oahu’s North Shore resumed at first light this morning, according to Ocean Safety. The teens—Samantha Chun, 17,

Rescuers will keep searching the water for two people whose belongings were found on a beach in Hawaii over the weekend during high surf, officials said. Samantha Chun, 17, and Joseph Fujioka, 18, were last seen at about 10 p.