(Photos and video by Baron Sekiya/Hawaii247.com)

More video of the structure fire on 2nd Ave near Makuu Drive Tuesday afternoon, Feb 3rd.

House fire location in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

Firefighters work to extinguish a structure fire at 15-1932 2nd Ave. in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nobody was injured in the blaze and the Red Cross is tending to the three residents one of whom was home at the time.

 

A room gutted by a structure fire in Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision on the Big Island.

A male resident was sleeping in a bedroom and awoke to find thick black smoke coming from the living room and kitchen area and attempted to extinguish the fire but it was too large. The man left the structure as fire/rescue crews arrived. The fire department determined that approximately 80% of the 3,500 square-foot home was burnt upon arrival of their units with heavy interior damage. Estimated loss is at $340,000. The owners of the property are Phillip and Catherine Ozer.