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Author Home destroyed by electrical fire (caused by malfunction in a tankless electric water heater)
Andy

2008-04-02, 3:25 am

<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.
S. Barker

2008-04-02, 5:25 pm

Not likely, if even possible.

s

"ransley" <Mark_Ransley@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9812c67a-1e48-4755-832f-9a926b32243d@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

There was a video on utube years ago on a tank where the thermostat
went bad and the saftey relief failed, the tank went through the
ceiling


Oren

2008-04-02, 9:25 pm

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:07:31 -0700, Andy <1@2.3> wrote:

>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

Oren

2008-04-03, 3:25 am

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:37:59 -0400, Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ?
<boobooililililil@roadrunner.com> wrote:

>Andy wrote:
>
>Shit happens.


Well! You've got that figured out.
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