Maui County officials are pushing back and offering clarifications after the Hawaii attorney general's office released a report that flagged communications issues in the response to the deadly August wildfire
The Maui wildfires were the deadliest in the United States in more than 100 years, research from the National Fire Protection Association shows.
The Maui wildfires were the deadliest in the United States in more than 100 years, research from the National Fire Protection Association shows.
As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released Wednesday.
The report notes that the Maui Fire Department deployed all of its staff and vehicles to help fight the fire nonstop over the course of 36 hours
The Hawaii attorney general’s new report on Lahaina’s tragic August fire goes into the minute details of the fire and the official response as Maui’s outstanding firefighters battled the blaze.
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen said they acted accordingly with the information they had at hand— and rejects the idea that there was a delay in the emergency response.
Hawaii's attorney general on Tuesday released the first phase of a report on an investigation into the Maui wildfires, laying out a timeline of the events leading up to, during and after the fires that left 101 people dead last August. The report, published by Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez with the Fire Safety Research
Western fire chiefs association details challenges faced by first responders during blazes that killed 101 peopleAs wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels on returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released Wednesday.Communications problems were also encountered by Hawaiian Electric, with...
The Maui Fire Department is expected to release a report Tuesday detailing how the agency responded to a series of wildfires that burned on the island during a windstorm last August
By REBECCA BOONE and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Maui Fire Department is expected to release a report Tuesday detailing how the agency responded to a series of wildfires that burned on the island during a windstorm last August. That includes the one that killed 101 people in the historic town
By Sara Smart and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The first phase of findings from a comprehensive investigation into the August 2023 wildfires in Maui, the deadliest in the US in more than a century, will be released on Wednesday by Hawaii’s attorney general. Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez, who is leading the review of