At the onset of the fires the media was quick to add in that climate change was a contributing factor as we see in this article.
Now as new evidence comes out the tune has changed somewhat.
Maui's fire became deadly fast. Climate change, flash drought, invasive grass and more fueled it
A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii particularly damaging, including flash drought, high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation.
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Now as new evidence comes out the tune has changed somewhat.
Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly 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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