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Hawaii State Attorney General Anne E. Lopez has decided to withhold initial findings from the public regarding the massive Maui wildfires that took place on Aug. 8.
One of Hawaiian Electric’s largest customers — Maui County — on Thursday sued the local utility serving 95% of the state, alleging that the company is liable for damage from three wildfires.
Today, the County of Maui filed a lawsuit against Maui Electric Company, Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaiʻi Electric Light Company and Hawaiian Electric Industries for civil damages caused to the County’s public property and resources caused by recent Maui fires, including fires in Lahaina and Kula.
A Honolulu law firm has filed what its lawyers believe is the first lawsuit on behalf of a resident who lost his home Aug. 8 in the Kula fire.