VIDEO: Honolulu police opened an arson investigation after a fire destroyed the office of a Windward Oahu animal shelter.
Ka’a’awa K9 Rescue used a bus to house their office supplies and paperwork, but it turned into a burnt shell due a fire on Friday, April 29. Honolulu Fire Department officials told KHON2 that the fire was intentionally set and started near the front of the bus. All of the dogs and humans are okay, but a lot of cleanup has yet to be done.
“I was like, brah, I feel so relieved,” said Jane Hose, volunteer and family friend of Ka’a’awa K9 Rescue. “But now it’s, you know, you kind of look at it in disappointment. Like now, where does she go from here?” Hose said she wasn’t really an animal person until she met Michelle Cooley, founder of Ka’a’awa K9 Rescue.