Dispatcher’s Home Destroyed by Fire, Children Safe

A Maui (Hi.) police dispatcher’s home was destroyed by fire just after midnight on Saturday, but her two young children and their grandmother managed to escape unharmed. Terryn Cabigas was working at 12:01 a.m. when a co-worker fielded a 911 call reporting the fire in Kahului on the north shore. Cabigas later said she immediately recognized the house was hers, and then contacted her parents to drive her to the scene. Firefighters say the house was engulfed in flames when they arrived, but that the 5 year-old and 4 year-old boys were safe, along with Cabigas’ 71 year-old mother-in-law. Fire investigators said the fire was started by one of the boys playing with a lighter in the bathroom. Besides the house, the family’s SUV and truck were destroyed. The family is staying with relatives, and the Red Cross is helping them after all their belongings were destroyed by the fire. Read more about the incident here.