KEN IGE / KIGE@STARBULLETIN.COM Folks cheered as firefighter Steve Jenness brought out Cosmo, the only one home at the time of a fire yesterday at 203 Ilihau St. in Aikahi. Cosmo was dirty and wet but apparently unharmed.

Family pet gets saved
but Aikahi home burns

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Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu firefighters saved a family dog from a house fire in Aikahi Park yesterday, but the pet and its owners are now homeless.

The fire at 203 Ilihau St. was reported at 3:19 p.m. No one was home except for Cosmo, a King Charles spaniel.

Firefighters found Cosmo in the kitchen where he was dirty and wet though unharmed. The fire was brought under control within five minutes but still caused an estimated $250,000 in damage.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, though it appears that it began in the ceiling of one of the bedrooms, fire officials said.

The Red Cross is providing assistance to the father and son who lived in the home.

KEN IGE / KIGE@STARBULLETIN.COM With an overhead spray from one of seven fire units, firefighters prepared to enter a house yesterday at 203 Ilihau St. in Aikahi Park. The fire caused an estimated $250,000 in damage, leaving the owners without a home.