Later in the article, it does say that this fire is unrelated to what befell Lahaina. Though there were other grid faults detected in the area of Lahaina.
KULA, Hawaii — At 10:47 p.m. last Monday, a security camera at the Maui Bird Conservation Center captured a bright flash in the woods, illuminating the trees swaying in the wind. “I think that is when a tree is falling on a power line,” says Jennifer Pribble, a senior research coordinator at the center, in a video posted on Instagram.
Later in the article, it does say that this fire is unrelated to what befell Lahaina.
While the still-burning Makawao fire had nothing to do with the blaze that roared into Lahaina, it was one of several fires sparked on Aug. 7 and 8.
Though there were other grid faults detected in the area of Lahaina.
Whisker Labs’ seven sensors in Lahaina recorded that flash, too, showing two significant faults at 2:44 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. They were two of 34 faults that occurred between 11:38 p.m. last Monday until 5 a.m. the following morning.
Later in the article, it does say that this fire is unrelated to what befell Lahaina.
Though there were other grid faults detected in the area of Lahaina.