Maui suing cellphone carriers over alerts it says people never got about deadly wildfires
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A lawsuit says if emergency responders had known about widespread cellphone outages during the deadly Maui wildfires, they would've used other methods to warn about the disaster.
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Maui County filed a lawsuit Wednesday against wireless service providers for not notifying it of network outages or providing delayed, incomplete information while emergency management officials tried to send evacuation alerts during the Aug. 8 wildfires, which killed at least 101.
Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer's deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county officials said in a lawsuit.
Maui County filed a lawsuit today against wireless service providers for not notifying them of network outages while emergency management officials tried to send evacuation alerts during the Aug. 8 wildfires that killed at least 101 people.
A lawsuit says if emergency responders had known about widespread cellphone outages during the deadly Maui wildfires, they would've used other methods to warn about the disaster.
Maui County is suing major cellular carriers for failing to properly inform police of widespread service outages during the height of the 2023 deadly wildfire.
Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer's deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods...
The Hawaiian county of Maui sued cellular carriers over their alleged failure to alert officials of outages that prevent the dissemination of vital information.
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