Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause

In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows -- those wires were bare, uninsulated metal that could spark on contact.

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Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires

Bare electrical wire, leaning poles investigated as possible cause of deadly Maui fires

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Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires

Bare electrical wire, leaning poles on Maui possible fire cause

Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires

Maui's outdated bare electrical wires and leaning poles helped wildfires spread rapidly