In Search for Hawaii Fires Cause, Lawyers Probe Power Lines
- Hawaiian Electric said it doesn’t know what caused the fires
- Utility lacks formal power shutoff program for fire risk
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While the cause of the deadly Maui fires remains under investigation, lawyers are sending experts to the island to look into utility power lines as being a possible source of ignition.
Attorneys with Watts Guerra, Singleton Schreiber, and Frantz Law Group said they have been collecting evidence, interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing reports that indicate that damaged power infrastructure owned by Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. created the spark for the flames.