KFD responds to Lihu‘e post office smoke

Laurel Smith/ The Garden Island Firefighters pack up after assessing the building to be safe, handing back the the scene to Lihu‘e Post Office employees. Firefighters were called after smoke was detected on Wednesday morning.

Laurel Smith/ The Garden Island Firefighters are reflected by the window of the closed Lihu‘e Post Office. They were called to the scene early Wednesday morning when smoke was detected inside.

Laurel Smith/ The Garden Island A firefighter investigates the cause of smoke inside the Lihu‘e Post Office on Wednesday morning.

Laurel Smith/ The Garden Island

Firefighters respond to smoke at the Lihu‘e Post Office at 8:37 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The cause of the smoke was later determined to be an external motor in the building’s air conditioning system.