The deadliest U.S. wildfire that killed at least 102 people on Maui last year “was a reignition” of an earlier morning fire “caused by Hawaiian Electric equipment damaged by high winds,” the 132-year-old utility company confirmed on Wednesday.
Firefighters believed they had extinguished the earlier brushfire sparked by downed power lines, officials confirmed as they presented their findings on the cause.
The Aug. 8, 2023, fire started in the afternoon in the same area as the fire from earlier that morning. Driven by strong, erratic winds, the fire raced through the historic town of Lahaina, destroying thousands of buildings, overcoming people trapped in their cars and forcing some residents to flee into the ocean.
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