Bare electrical wire, leaning utility poles seen as possible cause of deadly Maui fires

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.

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Bare electrical wire, leaning poles possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires

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Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires

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