Maui County recordsdata lawsuit towards energy firm Hawaiian Electrical for damages brought on by the wildfires
Maui County recordsdata lawsuit towards energy firm Hawaiian Electrical for damages brought on by the wildfires
Maui County is suing power agency Hawaiian Electrical for the damages brought on by the wildfires on the Island.
The lawsuit was filed within the Second Circuit Court docket and lists Maui Electrical Firm, Restricted, Hawaiian Electrical Firm, Inc., Hawaii Electrical Mild Firm, Inc., and Hawaiian Electrical Industries, Inc. as defendants, in accordance with native information channel KITV.
It alleges the businesses acted negligently when they didn’t energy down their tools following the Crimson Flag Warning issued by the Nationwide Climate Providers on August 7.
There have been solutions Hawaiian Electrical’s tools performed a component in accelerating the wild fires which ravaged the island.
The Maui wildfires have killed 115 individuals however the loss of life toll is anticipated to climb as greater than 1,000 persons are nonetheless unaccounted for.
Within the wake of the devastating wildfires seen this month, questions are swirling across the function the utility firm performed within the blaze, through which 115 individuals misplaced their lives, to date
