Sep 30, 2024
HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Ahead of Wednesday's expected release of the Lahaina wildfire cause and origin report from the ATF and Maui County, Hawaii Governor Josh Green told Wake Up 2Day Monday morning that the results are going to be "what everyone has expected." Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You "I think you're going to see what everyone has already expected. The fire occurred. Some of the coals reignited and then went up in into the wind because of the, you know, hurricane-force winds that were 74 to 80 miles per hour. Very old wooden set of structures, and the town tragically burned." The report has been delayed, but the ATF gave it to Maui County on September 23rd. Fire Chief Brad Ventura was briefed on the report on the 25th. In an effort to provide a comprehensive overview, MFD is currently integrating the ATF's investigative insights into its own Cause and Origin report. The ATF report will be included as an appendix, ensuring that the public has access to all relevant information. Maui County attorneys furious, personnel interviews released in second Maui report "I don't think you're going to find a single point of blame, per se. I think everyone has responsibility," Governor Green added. Since announcing an over $4 billion settlement with victims, Governor Green has been lobbying against subrogation from insurance companies, which are trying to get reimbursed for claims. Excitement forms for Maui Invitational’s return home "That's why the settlement at $4.037 billion was agreed to, and why it needs to go forward, and why I'm going to continue to put pressure on the insurance industry, who I appreciate did settle about $3 billion worth of claims, but we don't have resources to kind of claw back away from the victims." Governor Green said. "The people of Hawaii paid $38 billion for property and casualty insurance. $38 billion over the last 20 years, only $14 billion was paid out to people who lost their property or had a casualty. So there was a huge, huge amount of profit. And I'm not against people having a good business and so on, but in this particular year, when we need those monies to help individuals who lost everything recover, you just can't, with a good conscience try to take that money back from them. So as a governor, I do not believe that any subrogation is appropriate now, unless it can be agreed to with the parties, it's pretty bad to try to take that money away from those who lost everything." Find more Hawaii, Oahu, Maui and Kauai news here A Maui judge, Peter Cahill, previously ruled that insurance companies cannot seek reimbursement from these defendants. The proposed $4 billion dollar settlement for the Lahaina wildfire will be heard by the Hawaii Supreme Court. Lawyers have 40 days to submit their briefs to the court, followed by an additional 40 days for responses.
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