By Associated Press - Wednesday, October 17, 2018

HONOLULU (AP) - The Latest on a fatal Honolulu house fire (all times local):

4:25 p.m.

An adult and a child have been found dead after a fire at the home of a Honolulu police officer.

Honolulu Acting Police Chief Jonathon Grems says in a statement the department is supporting the officer during “this heartbreaking tragedy.” The department isn’t releasing the officer’s name.

Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Scot Seguirant says firefighters responding to the Wednesday blaze in Kaimuki found two people dead.

He says the adult was found in the garage and the child was found in the living room. He doesn’t yet know their ages or genders.

Seguirant says the fire at the single-story house was reported a little after 8 a.m.

He says it’s not clear if anyone else was in the home at the time of the fire.

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11:20 a.m.

Fire officials say an adult and a child died in a Honolulu house fire.

Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Scot Seguirant says firefighters responding to the Wednesday blaze in the Kaimuki area found two people dead.

He says the adult was found in the garage and the child was found in the living room. He doesn’t yet know their ages or genders.

Seguirant says the fire at the single-story house on Luakaha Street was reported a little after 8 a.m. and has been extinguished.

He says it’s not clear if anyone else was in the home at the time of the fire.

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10:20 a.m.

Fire officials say two people have died in a house fire in Honolulu.

Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Scot Seguirant says firefighters responding to the Wednesday blaze found two people dead. The fire at the single-story house in the Kaimuki neighborhood has been extinguished.

Seguirant says he doesn’t know the genders or the ages of those who died or if there was anyone else home at the time of the fire, which was reported a little after 8 a.m.

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