Ua ʻōlelo nā luna ma hope o ke ahi ʻana i ke kakahiaka Pōʻahā, ua lawe ʻia kekahi kanaka i ka haukapila. Me he mea lā ua pili ke ahi i nā mea puhi ahi ma ka hale ʻo McGee Potter.
Ma mua o ka hola 3 am, ua kāhea ʻia nā mea kinai ahi i ko lākou home ma ke Alanui Bank. I ko lākou hiki ʻana i laila, ua puka mai ke ahi ʻā mai ka papahele ʻelua.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ke ahi he mau mea puhi ahi i loko o ka hale, a ke noiʻi nei nā mea noiʻi he kumu paha kēia o ke ahi. Ua hōʻike mai nā hoalauna ua lohe ʻia kahi leo pahū i ka wā e ʻā ana ke ahi.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna ua puhi nui ʻia kekahi kanaka, ʻo kekahi o nā pākeke ʻekolu o ka ʻohana, a make. Ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia i ka haukapila no ka mālama ʻia.
Ua hiki i ka poʻe hana ke kinai i ke ahi i loko o 25 mau minuke, akā ua nui ka pōʻino o ka hale. Ua luku ʻia ka papa ʻelua, a ua hōʻino ʻia ka papa mua e ka wai a me ka uahi.
Ua pahū nā puka makani ma ka papahele ʻelua. ʻEkolu kānaka e noho ana ma ʻaneʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ke aliʻi o ke ahi he ahi nui ma ka papahele ʻelua. Ua pōʻino ka wai a me ka uahi ma ka papahele mua. Kōkua ke Keʻa ʻUlaʻula i ka poʻe e noho ana ma ʻaneʻi. @WPXI pic.twitter.com/8wkouuEdHQ
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Colleen Murphy (Colleen Murphy) ka wahine i puhi ʻia, ua mālama lākou i kahi hōʻikeʻike ahi a ua kūʻai kū kānāwai lākou i nā ahi. Manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ʻo ke kau ʻana i kahi peʻahi e hoʻoulu ai i kekahi ʻano pilikia uila, kahi e pio ai nā ahi a hoʻoulu i nā lapalapa.
"Ua ala au me ka nui o nā mele pop, nā mele pop, a laila holo akula au. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike aku iā ia ma ka ʻākea. Nui ka uahi ma laila, akā ua ʻike au i nā pōkā ahi e hāʻule ana ma nā wahi a pau, ma waho o ka puka makani. Ua kāhāhā wau ʻaʻole ia i hele ma waena o ka hale," wahi a Murphy.
I kēia manawa: Ua hoʻā wale aku nei ka Bomb Squad i kekahi mau mea puhi ahi. Ua kau lākou iā lākou ma ka pā hale o McKeesport. E nānā iā @WPXI. Nalo koke ka hōʻike manawa maoli. pic.twitter.com/4RCeq8Ms3I