{"id":1999554,"date":"2023-08-13T19:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T23:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-fires-that-killed-at-least-93-caused-by-faulty-hawaiian-electric-power-lines-attorneys-claim\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T19:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T23:18:38","slug":"maui-fires-that-killed-at-least-93-caused-by-faulty-hawaiian-electric-power-lines-attorneys-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-fires-that-killed-at-least-93-caused-by-faulty-hawaiian-electric-power-lines-attorneys-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Faulty Hawaiian Electric power lines caused Maui fires, claim attorneys. Death toll reaches 93."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaui-fires-that-killed-at-least-93-caused-by-faulty-hawaiian-electric-power-lines-attorneys-claim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A burnt out car lies in the \u2062driveway of charred\u200b apartment \u2062complex\u2062 in\u200d the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii\u200b on August 12, 2023. (Photo by \u2062YUKI IWAMURA\/AFP via Getty \u2064Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>4:08 PM \u2013 Sunday, August 13, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Lawyers probing the \u2062origin\u2064 of the Maui wildfires that have killed\u2062 at \u200bleast\u200d 93 people \u2064and an \u200dundisclosed number of wildlife allege that the devastating inferno was \u2063caused by damaged Hawaiian Electric equipment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAll evidence \u200c\u2014 videos, witness \u2062accounts, burn progression, and utility equipment remaining \u2014 points to Hawaiian Electric\u2019s\u2064 equipment being the ignition source of the fire that devastated Lahaina,\u201d said Mikal Watts, whose law firm is\u200d among three others investigating the fires.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hawaiian Electric\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-fires-that-killed-at-least-93-caused-by-faulty-hawaiian-electric-power-lines-attorneys-claim\/\" title=\"Faulty Hawaiian Electric power lines caused Maui fires, claim attorneys. Death toll reaches 93.\">faulty infrastructure allegedly ignited<\/a> the fires that ravaged the tourist community of Lahaina\u2064 last\u2064 week.<\/p>\n<p>However, some online users have voiced their opinion that the \u2062new \u200drevelation and back-and-forth\u2062 blame \u200cgames are simply \u200ba manipulation tactic by the lawyers\u2062 involved in \u2063the investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>One user commented, \u201cThe embers aren\u2019t even out &#038; \u2063the vulture law firms are already chomping at the bit. Wait until the investigation\u200d is completed. I\u2019m sure there will be many\u2062 companies &#038; agencies at\u200d fault\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hawaiian Electric, which serves 95% of the state\u2019s residents, said in a statement that the origin of the flames \u200dhas yet to be determined since most of \u2063the region is \u200dstill closed off and\u2064 is said to be the worst U.S. wildfire \u200din over a century.<\/p>\n<p>Officials\u200d have yet \u200bto determine what started\u2062 the fires, with Democrat Governor Josh \u2064Green warning that investigations might take weeks or months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mahalo to the people on the ground working to bring\u200c our loved ones\u2063 home. We have the full backing of\u2064 the federal government working in conjunction with\u2062 the state and county ensuring this\u200d is done safely and as fast as possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGsSz6GWXe\">pic.twitter.com\/gGsSz6GWXe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Josh Green (@GovJoshGreenMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovJoshGreenMD\/status\/1690621575681503232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The blame comes as Hawaiian Electric \u2063is under fire for failing to\u2063 switch off electricity to its Maui Electric branch despite warnings of\u200b ideal \u2063fire conditions projected by oncoming dry,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-ian-strengthens-to-category-3-storm-heads-for-dangerous-strike-on-florida\/\" title=\"Hurricane Ian Strengthens to Category 3 Storm, Heads for Dangerous Strike on Florida\">hurricane-force winds<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Following the \u200bdeadly \u200bfires of 2020, utility companies in\u2064 California, Oregon, and Nevada also \u200butilized \u200cthe practice\u2064 of cutting electricity in similar situations.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaiian Electric\u200c reported\u2064 that\u2064 gale-force winds had brought down power lines \u200bin the region long before \u200cthe Maui fires. According to the governor, at \u2064least\u200b 2,200 structures in west \u200cMaui have been damaged or destroyed, with \u2062the total damage estimated \u200bat about $6\u2062 billion. <\/p>\n<p>Green remarked that the majority of \u2063the\u2064 demolished structures were in residential\u200c neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, \u2064it was reported \u200dthat practically all of Lahaina\u2019s infrastructure\u2064 was destroyed \u2064by fires that were so intense that inhabitants had no alternative but to\u2062 leap into the ocean to save \u2063their own lives.  <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, according \u2062to\u2062 FEMA and the Pacific Disaster Center, up \u2062to 4,500 \u2064individuals have lost their \u200dhouses as a result\u2064 of the\u2064 flames and are in need of refuge.<\/p>\n<p>The Maui flames have now surpassed \u2062the 2018 Camp\u200d Fire in California, which killed 85 people and devastated the town \u200dof \u200cParadise. Paradise is in Butte County, California.<\/p>\n<p>As individuals returned to their burning neighborhoods, officials\u200b in Lahaina and Kula cautioned residents not to drink flowing water and to take showers only in well-ventilated rooms due to fears of chemical \u200dvapor exposure.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2062to Maui \u2062Police Chief John Pelletier, federal emergency personnel are presently scanning the damaged communities, marking places with an &#8220;X&#8221; that \u2063must be examined by crews and cadaver dogs, and marking other sites with &#8220;HR&#8221; when human remains are\u2063 discovered.<\/p>\n<p>He also \u200dcautioned that the death toll was sure\u200c to rise and that only\u200b a few \u200bof the\u2062 slain have been identified, as \u2062the majority of bodies were burned to a crisp.<\/p>\n<p>A relief group has been created on Facebook in \u2064order to help families find missing loved ones and as an outlet for residents to request what supplies they \u200bneed. It was reported that over 1,302 people are still \u2064missing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our\u2063 team is working in coordination with the County,\u200c the Red Cross, and\u200b FEMA to immediately move the survivors into hotel rooms and \u200bvacation rentals. <\/p>\n<p>Help\u200d is pouring in both locally \u200dand \u200caround the\u2063 world\u200c as our hearts \u200care with the people of Maui. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WMUNl70LAX\">pic.twitter.com\/WMUNl70LAX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Josh Green (@GovJoshGreenMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovJoshGreenMD\/status\/1690583706602500098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Since being removed from the Fox \u200cNews\u2062 lineup, Tucker Carlson has held bombshell interviews\u2062 that have\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-country-artist-takes-jab-at-tucker-carlson-but-shes-not-the-one-getting-the-last-laugh\/\" title=\"Country singer criticizes Tucker Carlson, but doesn't have the final say.\">driven news cycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>David Weiss becomes Special Counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, while Sam Bankman-Fried trades his mom\u2019s basement for a jail \u2063cell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>With less than two \u2064weeks \u2063before the first \u2063GOP Presidential debate, media and political strategist Adam Weiss says it would be beneficial for Trump\u2063 not to participate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The lack of answers from the Biden Administration continues to cause frustration from\u2063 families who lost loved ones during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ERBIL (Reuters) -Iraq\u2019s telecoms ministry\u2064 said it will lift a ban on the Telegram messaging app on\u200d Sunday,\u2063 which was imposed earlier\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013 Australia-listed \u2063investment \u200cfirm GQG\u2062 Partners added more shares \u200cof Nvidia Corp in the second quarter, ending June\u2063 with\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Daniel Trotta EL \u2064CAJON, California (Reuters) \u2013 California firefighters are using artificial intelligence to help spot wildfires, feeding video from more\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013\u2063 The U.S. Securities \u200dand \u200cExchange Commission (SEC) \u200chas delayed a decision on whether to approve Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management\u2019s\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A burnt car rests in a charred apartment complex driveway after a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 12, 2023. Lawyers investigating the Maui wildfires&#8217; cause, which claimed lives, as seen in a photo by YUKI IWAMURA\/AFP via Getty Images. 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