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In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted
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LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a
In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows -- those wires were bare, uninsulated metal that could spark on contact.
Many power poles on Maui were built to "an obsolete 1960s standard," were leaning and near the end of their projected life.