Hawaiian Electric is facing a spate of new lawsuits that seek to hold it responsible for the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. The number of confirmed dead stands at 115, and the county expects that to rise.
Maui County officials held another update after releasing the names of 388 people unaccounted for since the deadly August 8 wildfires. The list released by Maui County is the first one to be made public. The FBI says those names have been verified and only account for a portion of the people who are potentially missing. The official death toll stands at 115 right now, with 46 of those victims identified. Maui County also says its suing the Hawaiian Electric Company over the fires in Lahaina.
Experts who watched videos showing downed power lines agreed wire that was insulated would not have arced and sparked, igniting a line of flame. "Even tourists that drive around the island are like, ‘What is that?’ They’re leaning quite significantly because the winds over time literally just pushed them over," she said. "That obviously is not going to withstand 60, 70 mile per hour winds. So the infrastructure was just not strong enough for this kind of windstorm … The infrastructure itself is just compromised.
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