Thanks to Government, Maui’s Lahaina Fire Became a Deadly Conflagration

By Paul Homewood

 

This is the most detailed analysis of exactly what went wrong in Maui:

 

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To review, a power company shielded from competition by the state placed electrical infrastructure among highly flammable state-owned grass fields above the historic city of Lahaina, which the government was twice warned were highly susceptible to fire. And once a fire broke out, a combination of defective water infrastructure, terrible communication by government officials, and only one escape route doomed the people of Lahaina to the worst wildfire experienced in this country in over a hundred years.

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August 17, 2023 at 07:54AM

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