VIDEO: The long-awaited ATF report concluded that the Lahaina fire was started by one fire by re-energization. “The origin and cause of the Lahaina fire is clear. The re-energization of broken power lines caused sparks that ignited unmaintained vegetation in the area. Exactly how this fire rekindled in the afternoon is considered undetermined with multiple plausible hypotheses fitting the known data,” said MFD Chief Brad Ventura in the news conference releasing the details of the report.
The report stated that the fire was caused by a single fire at utility pole 25 off of Lahainaluna Road, that started at 6:34 a.m. on Aug. 8, 2023. The fire proceeded in two phases, with the first concluding just after 2 p.m. when fire crews left the scene of that fire after all indications showed that the fire had been fully contained and extinguished.