Hawaiian Electric claims its lines were powered down before fire that destroyed Lahaina ignited, calls county lawsuit “factually and legally irresponsible.”
this week that said while its lines may have caused an earlier fire in Lahaina on Aug. 8, that blaze was put out by firefighters. Hawaiian Electric refers to a separate “afternoon” fire that ignited in the same place after the fire department declared the earlier blaze contained.
And an interview with the Maui fire chief posted on YouTube that the utility says backs its case does not appear to clear Hawaiian Electric. In it, the fire chief says the fire that burned Lahaina may have been the same one the utility now says its power lines could have started.
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