Fire Safety Research Institute investigator Derek Alkonis says the investigation gives a forensic study into the fires. He said the next two reports are expected to give potentially incriminating evidence.
Hawaii s electric utility did not immediately respond to the first alerts of its power lines breaking before the deadly Maui fire last August, according to a new timeline report by the Hawaii attorney general s office, which noted lapses by multiple agencies in responding to what would become the deadliest fire in U.S. history.
Hawaiian Electric did not send a representative to check on fallen power equipment until hours after fire officials alerted the utility, the report says.
A new report shows that the head of Maui s emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island as wildfires ripped across the island last August.