Honolulu Firefighter Killed, 4 Injured in Apartment Fire

Updated: Listed by the USFA on 27 January 2025.

On Monday, January 6, 2025, Firefighter 1 Jeffrey Fiala responded to a residential fire. While conducting a search and rescue of the two-story apartment complex, he became separated from his fellow firefighters and a mayday was called. He was rescued from the structure and transported to the emergency room where he was pronounced deceased. Investigation into the incident continues.

Age: 25
Rank: Firefighter 1
Classification: Career
Incident date: Jan. 6, 2025 8:00 PM
Date of death: Jan. 6, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Unknown
Nature of fatal injury: Unknown
Activity type: Search and Rescue
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Fire
Fixed property use: Residential

The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 currently is 3.

Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2025.

Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.

For more information about on-duty deaths as recorded by the United States Fire Administration go to “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.”

Earlier:

By Bill Carey
7 January 2025

HONOLULU — A 25-year-old Honolulu firefighter has died, and several others were hospitalized during a three-alarm fire and roof collapse.

Firefighters responded at 7:42 p.m. on Jan. 6 to a two-story building in the McCully neighborhood, Island News reported. A mayday was issued for two missing firefighters during the search. One escaped, while the other was rescued after a roof collapse, said Captain Jamie Song.

Four firefighters and one civilian are in serious condition, KHON2 reported. The fire was controlled by 9:07 p.m. and fully extinguished by 11:31 p.m. The cause of the fire and death are under investigation.