LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — 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
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.