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Home destroyed by electrical fire (caused by malfunction in a tankless electric water heater) Andy 04-02-2008
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Posted by Oren on April 2, 2008, 9:52 pm

>Honolulu Fire Department inspectors found the origin of the blaze in a
>crawl space under the home at 440 Puamamane St., according to Capt.
>Earle Kealoha.

Who puts a pretty tankless heater in a crawl space? Get a little more
surf time in :)


Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Blattus_Slafaly on April 2, 2008, 10:37 pm
Andy wrote:
> <http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/01/news/briefs.html>
> Home destroyed by electrical fire
>
> A malfunction in a tankless electric water heater caused a fire
> Thursday that destroyed a Niu Valley home, firefighters have
> determined.
>
> Honolulu Fire Department inspectors found the origin of the blaze in a
> crawl space under the home at 440 Puamamane St., according to Capt.
> Earle Kealoha.
>
> Damage was estimated at $300,000 to the wooden building and $50,000 to
> contents.
>
> Kamehameha Schools trustee Nainoa Thompson and his wife, Kathy Muneno,
> lived in the house but were not home at the time.

Shit happens.


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Blattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8

Posted by Oren on April 2, 2008, 10:43 pm
On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:37:59 -0400, Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ?

>Andy wrote:
>> <http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/01/news/briefs.html>
>> Home destroyed by electrical fire
>>
>> A malfunction in a tankless electric water heater caused a fire
>> Thursday that destroyed a Niu Valley home, firefighters have
>> determined.
>>
>> Honolulu Fire Department inspectors found the origin of the blaze in a
>> crawl space under the home at 440 Puamamane St., according to Capt.
>> Earle Kealoha.
>>
>> Damage was estimated at $300,000 to the wooden building and $50,000 to
>> contents.
>>
>> Kamehameha Schools trustee Nainoa Thompson and his wife, Kathy Muneno,
>> lived in the house but were not home at the time.
>
>Shit happens.

Well! You've got that figured out.

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