Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui, but faults county firefighters
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Hawaiian Electric Company released a statement in response to Maui County's lawsuit blaming the utility for failing to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions.
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Hawaiian Electric Company released a statement in response to Maui County's lawsuit blaming the utility for failing to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions.
Hawaiian Electric Co.'s infrastructure was nowhere close to meeting a 2002 national standard requiring key components of the power grid withstand 105 mile per hour winds.
Hawaiian Electric pushed back against Maui County’s lawsuit alleging that it is responsible for the wildfires that killed more than 110 people — and laid out a series of statements that appear to distance itself from liability.
Hawaii’s electric company recognized its power lines started the first of two wildfires in Maui — but placed the blame on firefighters, who claimed the blaze was contained and left the scene …
Hawaiian Electric said Monday its power lines started a fire that was quickly extinguished earlier this month, but power had been turned off six hours before a second fire emerged.
Maui County alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that Hawaiian Electric was negligent because it failed to power down its equipment despite the weather conditions and warnings.
Maui County has sued the company, whose first public statement on the cause of the historic fire appears to point the finger back at local authorities.
After weeks of speculation, Hawaiian Electric Company, which provides power to Lahaina, admitted that its power lines caused the first of two flare-ups in a field next to Lahaina Intermediate Schoo…
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.
Hawaii’s electric utility takes responsibility for the initial fire, but said firefighters declared the blaze contained and left the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby.
Maui County has brought a lawsuit against the utility company claiming that it did not shut off its power lines despite the high winds and dry conditions.
Maui County has brought a lawsuit against the utility company claiming that it did not shut off its power lines despite the high winds and dry conditions.
Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving.
Hawaiian Electric Company said that power lines falling in high winds seem to have caused a fire during the early morning of August 8, but power lines in West Maui had been de-energized for more than six hours by the time a second afternoon fire began in the Lahaina area.
HONOLULU — Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.
HONOLULU -- Hawaii's electric utility acknowledged that its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the United States in more than a cen…
HONOLULU — Hawaii's electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have
HONOLULU — Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.
HONOLULU — Hawaii's electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have
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