Hawaiian Electric has denied claims that its power lines started the deadly wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui after county officials filed a lawsuit accusing it of gross negligence.
In a statement published Aug. 27, the electricity company, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., said that while a fire that occurred in the morning of Aug. 8 appeared to have been caused by power lines that fell in high winds, the Maui County Fire Department responded to that fire and reported it was “100 percent contained,” before leaving the scene and later declaring it “extinguished.”
