Kalapana’s ‘House of Cards’ falls in flames
From the Hawaii Tribune-Herald:
A Monday morning fire destroyed a controversial three-story home in Kalapana Seaview Estates known as the “House of Cards” and police referred to the fire as “suspicious.”
The fire started at about 9:15 a.m. and the structure burned down before firefighters could arrive, said Capt. Robert Perreira of the Hawaii Fire Department’s Prevention Bureau. The nearest fire station is in Pahoa, about 15 miles away.
“It went up like a house of cards,” said Jack Hash, a neighbor who has referred to the ramshackle home at 12-7037 Akanikolea St. as an “eyesore.” Read more.
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