Wildfires Used to ‘Sleep’ at Night. Climate Change Has Them Burning Overtime April 21, 2026 By Seth Borenstein Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier...
Lawmakers Agree to Pay $807M into Lahaina Wildfires Settlement Fund April 28, 2025 By Chad Blair It’s not often that applause breaks out in the audience after a vote at the Hawaiʻi Legislature, but that one...
Hawaiian Electric Finalizes $2 Billion Maui Fire Settlement November 6, 2024 By Mark Chediak Hawaiian Electric Industries formalized a $2 billion agreement to settle damage claims from a wildfire that razed the historic town...
Maui Fire Caused by Broken Power Lines, County and US Find October 3, 2024 By Mark Chediak The fire that razed the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year was caused when Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. re-energized...
Hawaii Probe Finds No Single Factor Led to Maui Wildfire Losses September 16, 2024 By Mark Chediak No single factor led a fire in the seaside Hawaiian town of Lahaina last year to rage out of control...
Judge Agrees to Ask State Supreme Court About Barriers to $4B Hawaii Wildfire Settlement September 4, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion...
Hawaiian Electric Settles Fire Claims as Part of $4 Billion Deal August 5, 2024 By Mark Chediak Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. has agreed to pay almost $2 billion as part of a $4 billion settlement to resolve...
Allstate, State Farm Sued Over $4 Billion Maui Fire Settlement July 22, 2024 By Jef Feeley A half-dozen Maui wildfire victims sued a group of insurers, including State Farm and Allstate, accusing them of throwing a...
Hawaii Electric Takes Responsibility for First Fire on Maui, But Faults Firefighters August 30, 2023 By ENNIFER McDERMOTT and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze...
Shareholders Sue Hawaiian Electric Over Maui Wildfires August 25, 2023 Shareholders of Hawaiian Electric HE.N on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the utility provider in a San Francisco federal court,...