Videos and images analyzed by AP confirm that the wires that started the morning Hawaii fire were among miles of line that the utility left naked to the weather
Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.
But Hawaiian Electric appeared to blame Maui County for most of the devastation – the fact that the fire appeared to reignite that afternoon and tore through downtown Lahaina, killing at least 115 people and destroying 2,000 structures. Hawaiian Electric said its crews then went to the scene to make repairs and did not see fire, smoke or embers. The power to the area was off. Around 3 p.m., those crews saw a small fire in a nearby field and called 911., saying its power lines had been de-energized for more than six hours by that time, and the cause of the afternoon fire has not been determined.
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