KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) -- Maui fire investigators were searching for the cause of a fire that destroyed three stores Sunday in the Kahului Shopping Center.
Deputy Chief Neal Bal said there was so much smoke and heat damage to the remaining stores that he doubted they would reopen anytime soon.
A Salvation Army thrift store and Ah Fook's Super Market were initially destroyed in the fire that started in or near the thrift store, Bal said.
The 4 p.m. blaze was nearly contained when it flared up, jumped across a breezeway and destroyed TJ's Oriental Food Mart & Fast Food, He said. The blaze was reported contained at 8:50 p.m.
Flames briefly spread to the roof of the nearby Kahului Library, but they were quickly doused, Bal said.
There were no reports of injuries.
Ah Fook's was one of the oldest markets in the county, Maui County spokeswoman Ellen Pelissero said.
