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Investigators examine burnt stump, tire, more in Lahaina fire probe

Investigators continue to examine evidence as they seek to solve the mystery of last month’s deadly Maui wildfire.

By Associated Press and Morgan & Morgan

Sept. 27, 2023

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This photo provided by the Morgan & Morgan law firm shows a charred Hawaiian Electric utility pole stump in Lahaina on Aug. 29. Investigators are examining this and other pieces of evidence as they seek to solve the mystery of how a small, wind-whipped fire sparked by downed power lines and declared extinguished flare up again hours later into a devastating inferno.
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In this photo provided by the Morgan & Morgan law firm, utility contractors remove a charred Hawaiian Electric utility pole stump in Lahaina on Aug. 29.
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This photo provided by the Morgan & Morgan law firm shows a removed power pole stump on a truck outside an evidence warehouse in Maui on Aug. 29.
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This photo provided by the Morgan & Morgan law firm shows what appears to be a partially buried and burned automotive tire located in the overgrown gully where investigators suspect fire may have rekindled on the afternoon of Aug. 8, before spreading through Lahaina, seen on Aug. 29.
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This photo provided by the Morgan & Morgan law firm shows a melted spot on a power line where a live line appears to have come into contact with something, causing high-voltage electricity to arc, stored in an evidence warehouse in Maui on Aug. 29.
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This photo provided by the Morgan & Morgan law firm shows a Hawaiian Electric pole on Lahainialuna Road where downed power lines sparked an initial fire shortly after dawn on Aug. 8., in Lahaina, Maui, seen on Aug. 29.
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This photo provided by the Morgan & Morgan law firm shows a charred tree in Lahaina on Aug. 30.
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Wildfire wreckage is seen Thursday, Aug. 10, in Lahaina.

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