Mattress Fire Put Out in Hilo Apartment

No injuries were reported when a mattress caught fire in a Hilo apartment building Wednesday night.

Firefighters responded at 9:38 p.m. to Kino‘ole Street where they found a mattress and box spring inside a third-story bedroom in the Lincoln Courtside Apartments smoldering. Crews removed the items and extinguished the fire by 9:45 p.m., the Hawai‘i Fire Department reported.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.