Maui County has sued the Hawaiian Electric Company on Thursday over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions.Witness accounts and video indicated that sparks from power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in the winds, which were driven by a passing hurricane.The August 8 fires killed at least 115 people and left an unknown number of others missing, making them the deadliest in the US in more than a century.
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