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cnn's mike valerio reports the focus is on the role the utility, hawaii electric, may have played in causing the outbreak. >> reporter: well, maui county is saying the, quote, negligence, carelessness, and reck llessness of hawaii utilit and its subsidiaries is directly responsible for the fires. the company denies that. and looming large is the issue of preserving evidence to ultimately find out how the lahaina fire started. as hawaiian electric faces litigation in the wake of this disaster, we have learned that the company acknowledges that some vital evidence in the fire investigation may have been compromised. but the utility says, is not to blame. in lter included in court documents dated august the 11th, the company writes, quote, hawaiian electric is taking reasonable steps to preser i own property that was damaged or destroyed cae of these devastating fires. however, state, local, a federal government actors and are moving forward to fight the fires d clear out debris that maimpede that effort. it's therefore possible, even