Two men were burned, one seriously, when the pickup truck they were in caught fire on Kalaniana'ole Highway in the Hawaii Loa Ridge area.

Their Toyota pickup was traveling west at 1:18 p.m. when it caught fire near Pu'uikena Drive, fire Capt. Terry Seelig said.

One of the men suffered serious burns to his back and was taken to a hospital. The other man had minor burns to an ear.

Fire companies from the Wailupe fire station responded to the alarm.