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Hawaii's electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and
Hawaiian Electric Takes Responsibility for First Maui Fire, but Faults County Firefighters
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
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Power lines in Maui were uninsulated metal that could spark fire on contact.
The utility was nowhere close to meeting a 2002 national standard requiring key components of the power grid withstand 105 mile per hour winds.