Sunday, August 27, 2023

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

Hawaii 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.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/maui-wildfires-electrical-wires-1.6948993?cmp=rss

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