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HONOLULU (AP) — After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the in
HONOLULU (AP) -- After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of last month's devastating fires on Maui, lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court Tuesday that cable TV and telephone companies share responsibility for the disaster because they allegedly overloaded and destabilized some of the poles.
Lawyers are seeking to file a lawsuit against a telecommunications company for being responsible for the devastating Maui wildfire. Read more here.
The lawyers said the cables were attached in a way that put too much tension on the poles, causing them to lean and break in the winds on Aug. 8.
HONOLULU (AP) -- After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the