Twenty-five-year-old Jeff Fiala was killed while fighting an apartment fire on Young Street in the McCully area on Jan. 6. Five other firefighters and one occupant were hospitalized.

The firefighter, 25, was killed after emergency responders were called to a building in the McCully-Moiliili neighborhood of Honolulu before 8 p.m., fire officials said in a news conference Monday evening. The cause of the blaze was unclear, and officials said they were still investigating.

"We're going to do everything we can, we're going to investigate everything we can to make sure the Honolulu Fire Department and the people of Honolulu have answers as to what happened, why a firefighter was lost.

ATF agents based in Honolulu have already started the investigation, but a few dozen more are on the way from various states.

HFD officials worked alongside the Bureau of Alcohol Tabacco Explosives National Response Team to complete the on-scene origin and cause fire investigation.

Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) crews responded to a structure fire early Monday morning at 60 North Nimitz Highway after a 911 call came in at 1:36 a.m.

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The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) responded to and extinguished a reported fire at a building on Nimitz Hwy early Monday morning, January 6, 2025.

Jeffrey Fiala was 25 years old, and known for “his enthusiasm, his love for the job, just the energy that he brought to work every day. Everyone just loved to be around him.”

Jeffrey Fiala left behind a wife and the four injured firefighters are expected to be released from a Honolulu hospital.

The 25-year-old firefighter and another were trapped after a partial roof collapse, Honolulu Chief Sheldon 'Kalani' Hao said.

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