In search for cause of Maui fires, lawyers probe power lines
Officials have not said what sparked the blazes that were fanned by powerful winds and leveled the historic town of Lahaina.
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Officials have not said what sparked the blazes that were fanned by powerful winds and leveled the historic town of Lahaina.
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Destructive wildfires are now an almost routine part of summer in the American West, and electrical utilities have likewise become used to having their
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