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Authorities face mounting questions about whether more could have been done to warn residents as wildfires devastated western Maui earlier this month, after Hawaii’s siren warning system stayed silent while wildfires reduced the town of Lahaina to ashes.
By Dakin Andone, CNN
By Nouran Salahieh, Lauren Mascarenhas and Zoe Sottile, CNN
By Nouran Salahieh, Lauren Mascarenhas and Zoe Sottile, CNN
While the cause of the fire has not been determined, observers have pointed to downed power lines, sputtering fire hydrants, and emergency alarms that sat silent as factors that hampered the response to the deadly blaze.