Honolulu firefighters extinguished a Manoa house fire that displaced a 75-year-old woman early this morning.

At 3:25 a.m., the Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call reporting an odor of smoke on Koaniani Way. The event was upgraded to a building fire, according to an HFD news release.

HFD dispatched 10 units staffed with 38 personnel with the first unit arriving at 3:28 a.m. to find a a two-story home on fire with heavy black smoke coming from the structure.

Firefighters brought the blaze under control at 3:56 a.m. and extinguished it at 4:12 a.m., HFD officials said.

Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department said personnel treated the woman for smoke inhalation but she declined to be taken to hospital. HFD said a firefighter also was evaluated at the scene but refused trea

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