Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) crews responded to a structure fire early Monday morning at 60 North Nimitz Highway after a 911 call came in at 1:36 a.m.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Honolulu Fire Department responded to a brush fire near the Kunia Camp area in central Oahu. The initial call came in at around 3 p.m. Monday, and witnesses said smoke could be seen from Wahiawa. Officials said the fire was contained just after 4 p.m.

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

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

The firefighter, 25, was killed after emergency responders were called to a building in the McCully-Moiliili neighborhood of Honolulu before 8 p.m., fire officials said in a news conference Monday evening. The cause of the blaze was unclear, and officials said they were still investigating.

First responders lined the streets of downtown Honolulu on Wednesday in a solemn procession for a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty.Jeffrey Fiala, 25, was part of the Honolulu Fire Department unit that responded to a three-alarm blaze at a residential building in the McCully area Monday night.

The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) responded to and extinguished a reported fire at a building on Nimitz Hwy early Monday morning, January 6, 2025.

Jeffrey Fiala was 25 years old, and known for “his enthusiasm, his love for the job, just the energy that he brought to work every day. Everyone just loved to be around him.”

Honolulu's fire chief said firefighter Jeffrey Fiala, who was trapped by a roof collapse, had been with the department for less than two years.

The firefighter has been identified as Jeffrey Fiala. He had been with the Honolulu Fire Department for a year and a half.

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