Deadly Maui fire sparked by blaze thought extinguished

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Deadly Maui fire sparked by blaze thought extinguished

The fire that killed at least 102 people on Maui in 2023 erupted from an earlier brushfire caused by downed power lines that firefighters believed they had extinguished, officials have confirmed as they presented their findings on the cause of the tragedy.

The August 8, 2023, blaze – the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century – was long known to have emerged in the afternoon, in the same area as blaze that began early that morning.

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