Concerns Raised after HI Firefighters' Kids Develop Cancer

Three children whose fathers work at the same Waipahu fire station have received cancer diagnoses.
Jan. 30, 2018

Three children whose firefighting fathers work at the same Waipahu fire station were diagnosed with cancer in the last six years, leading to fears that there may be a connection.

But the state Department of Health, which is working with the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, says that it appears to be a coincidence.

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