Honolulu firefighters are at the scene of a three-alarm fire.

It’s burning in the Marco Polo building on Kapiolani Boulevard.

The initial alarm came in at around 2:15 p.m.

Officials say the fire initially started on the 26th floor.

They’ve been receiving reports of people who are trapped inside the building, and some are unaccounted for.

Emergency Medical Services is treating people at the scene.

The eastbound lanes of Kapiolani Boulevard have been completely shut down between McCully and Hausten streets.

The property consists of a 36-story main tower and a seven-story parking garage.

There are 568 apartment units, one manager’s residence and four commercial units.

stupid TRAFFIC camera operator is panned into the building and not into surrounding traffic.

I still recall with dread the several weeks I spent in a rented condo 11 floors up in Waikiki.  Absolutely hated the feeling of living in an anthill.

Then the Oct 2006 earthquake hit, no power, down 11 stories of fire stairs in the dark.

I will not even visit one of those damn death traps now.

That's so the Fire Department can monitor the situation and progress of fire fighters on the traffic cams.

Not that stupid.