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0:48Now PlayingVideo of downed power line, high wind could show start of Maui wildfires #Shorts
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0:48Now PlayingLahaina residents filed a lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric, claiming they played a "substantial role" in the wildfires that killed over 100 people.
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The suit says Hawaiian Electric Industries should be held accountable for “negligence, trespass, and nuisance." The utility company was “a substantial factor” in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century that left 99 people dead, historic and cultural sites in ashes and thousands of people without homes.
Hawaiian Electric Industries is the largest supplier of electricity in Hawaii. San Diego- and Wailuku-based law firm Singleton Schreiber filed the lawsuit on Monday.
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