Besides the fault of government with the fires, I am going to say something thats not PC. What did the residents and business owners do when Lahaina almost burned down in2018? Where was the protests, lawsuits, discussion with politicians about the threat they faced? I know some people who lived in Lahaina, and it was a concern to them. But nobody pushed the government to do anything. I know, if that was my neighborhood , and a threat was looming my neighbors and I would be much more vocal, and pushing for action. The Hawaii mentality to not fight back.
I visited there in 1999. I was surprised back then it had not burned down or destroyed by a hurricane.
This conspiracy stuff is a bunch of crap. The cause was INCOMPETENCE, nepotism and the international agriculture market.
People in charge of government positions because they were connected politically or were native islanders.
No more sugar cane and pineapple fields being irrigated throughout the dry season. The environmentalists are partially to blame for this.
So, all the former ag fields are not planted.
Just a lot of brush encroaching the developments.
I don't think it's that.
I lived there for thirty years. The corruption in Hawaii government at all levels is unbelievable if you haven't seen it first hand.