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Victims Named in Fatal Hilo House Fire
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The two victims of a fatal fire in Hilo early Thursday, Aug. 15 have been identified through dental records as 67-year-old William Hachmeister and 60-year-old Dixeen Sakamoto, both of Hilo.
An autopsy conducted Friday also determined that both victims died of toxic carbon monoxide inhalation due to house fire.
The fire at a home on Wainaku Avenue was reported at 1:08 a.m. Thursday. After firefighters extinguished the flames, the two bodies were discovered in the rubble.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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