Two and a half years after a downed power line sparked the fire that killed 102 people and erased most of Lahaina, Hawaiian Electric is flying drones over every island it serves, as Maui News reported. Photo credit: Hawaiian Electric The utility has contracted three separate inspection firms across Maui County, Molokai, the Big Island, and Oahu, all targeting the same problem: finding infrastructure defects before dry season arrives and the wind…
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.