Wednesday’s blaze left two people dead and one seriously injured.

An ʻEwa Beach community care foster family home where a 93-year-old woman was killed in a fire Wednesday night had a history of failing to document whether it was conducting fire drills as required, state inspection reports show.

But when last inspected in July, it had been in compliance since December 2024, the records show.

The blaze sent a second resident of the care home, a 53-year-old woman, to the hospital in serious condition and killed a 32-year-old woman who lived behind the home.

Denise Yoshida, a certified nurse assistant who owned and operated the four-bedroom care facility on Fort Weaver Road, was not hurt in the fire. She did not respond to messages seeking comment Friday.

State regulations require care fa

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