The Latest Breaking News from Hawaiian Electric

It's been nearly a month since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 115 people in Hawaii

Lawyers for residents and business owners of the Hawaiian town devastated by last month’s fires on Maui told a court that cable TV and telephone companies share in responsibility for the disaster

The National Weather Service is warning gusty winds and low humidity are increasing the risk that fires could spread rapidly in the western parts of each Hawaiian island

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Utility company rejects Maui County lawsuit accusing it of contributing to deadly blazes that tore through communities.

Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century

Maui County is suing Hawaiian Electric, claiming the utility was negligent for not shutting off power as strong winds hit the island in the hours before the city of Lahaina burned. While the cause of the devastating Aug. 8, 2023, wildfire is still under investigation, forecasters had warned that powerful…

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

Fema teams with cadaver dogs scour rubble of the town as 46 victims so far identified of death toll of 115

The Hawaiian Electric company is said to have failed to shut off power despite a recent drought and high winds.