Historic Dillingham building damaged by fire
Advertiser Staff
An early-morning fire yesterday in the historic Dillingham Transportation Building downtown caused water and smoke damage to several offices.
Advertiser Staff
According to Fire Capt. Kenison Tejada, eight units responded to the two-alarm fire, which was called in at 6:11 a.m. Firefighters were at the scene at 6:15 a.m., and the fire was under control at 6:31 a.m. The blaze erupted in unit 320 of the building at 735 Bishop St.
A ladder unit was set up to battle an early-morning blaze in the Dillingham Transportation Building on Bishop Street yesterday. Damage was estimated at $450,000 to the building and $170,000 to its contents. The cause of fire is under investigation.
"Two windows were broken out and we were able to put up a quint unit to shoot water from the outside, while firefighters approached the unit from inside," said Tejada. The hallway in the four-story structure was thick with smoke, he said.
There was smoke damage on the third and fourth floors and water damage to the second floor. Damage was estimated at $450,000 to the building and $170,000 to its contents. The cause of fire remained under investigation.
The building, with its Italian Renaissance facade, was built in 1929 and placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1979.
