Report finds ‘no evidence’ Hawaii officials took steps to prevent wildfire

More than 100 died as a result of the wildfire disaster (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s devastating wildfire on Maui said in a report released on Friday that they found “no evidence” Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that critical fire weather was about to arrive.

That lack of planning hindered efforts to evacuate the historic town of Lahaina before it burned in a conflagration that claimed 102 lives, the report said.