Quick work by firefighters from the Makiki and Kaka'ako fire stations kept the blaze from spreading to other units.

First Battalion Fire Chief William Kaai said no one was home when the fire broke out in an apartment on the third floor of the older, three-story walk-up building.

The fire was reported at 8:11 a.m. and firefighters from the nearby Makiki fire station were on the scene two minutes later. The blaze was brought under control at 8:22 a.m.

Fire Capt. Kenison Tejada said 75 percent of the apartment received flame damage, with the bedroom being the hardest hit.

The dollar amount of the damage and the cause of the fire had not yet been determined.

An occupant of the apartment returned home about 8:45 a.m., after the fire had been extinguished, and is being assisted by the Hawai'i Chapter of the American Red Cross, Tejada said.

Fraudulent gift cards lead to real arrest

A 19-year-old Salt Lake woman who worked at a Pearlridge Center department store was arrested yesterday for allegedly issuing store gift cards to herself without paying for them and then using the cards to purchase goods from the store.

Police said the alleged offenses took place from Dec. 21 through yesterday.

The woman was arrested for suspicion of fraudulent use of a credit card, fraudulent encoding of a credit card and computer fraud. She was later released without charges pending further investigation.

Man who drowned at Hanauma Bay identified

The city Department of the Medical Examiner has identified a 77-year-old man who apparently drowned at Hanauma Bay yesterday as Koji Momose of Tokyo, Japan.

Police said the Momose became separated from other family members and had been missing for about half an hour when he was found lifeless and unresponsive in about three feet of water.

Lifeguards were able to revive him briefly but he died after being taken to a hospital.

Man with loaded gun in car arrested

A 56-year-old Enchanted Lake man was arrested for a suspected weapons violation after he was pulled over during a traffic stop about 9:40 a.m. at the corner of Pali Highway and Wylie Street.

Police said the officer who pulled the driver over approached him and asked for his identification and vehicle documents when he notice a loaded gun in the car.

The officer recovered the weapon and arrested the driver for suspicion of failing to properly store a firearm, driving while his license was suspended, no no-fault insurance and driving a vehicle with an expired tax emblem and safety check.

Suspect arrested for stalking ex-girlfriend

A 38-year-old man was arrested yesterday for suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening and harassment by stalking in connection with a Nov. 11 incident involving his ex-girlfriend.

The former girlfriend, 28, told police she was driving through Waimanalo about 6:15 a.m. when her boyfriend, in a second car, began to chase her.

The woman told police her ex-boyfriend used her car to rear-end and side-swipe her car.

Police said the woman was able to escape without injury when the ex-boyfriend lost control of his car and spun out on Kalaniana'ole Highway

Members of the windward O'ahu crime reduction unit located the suspect yesterday and arrested him without incident.