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Maui Official Scrutinized for Delay in Water Release During Wildfire

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE

“We watched the devastation unfold around us without the ability to help,” the West Maui Land Co. wrote in a letter to officials.

Maui County firefighters fight flare-up fires on Maui island. A delay in receiving state permission to use water streams for firegithers has drawn  criticism for possibly thwarting firefighters efforts to subdue the blaze.
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