Cables eléctricos desnudos y postes inclinados podrían haber causado incendios de Maui

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Cables eléctricos desnudos y postes inclinados podrían haber causado incendios de Maui
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En los primeros momentos de los incendios forestales que azotaron Maui, cuando los fuertes vientos derribaron los postes eléctricos, tirando los cables electrificados a la hierba seca de abajo, había una razón por la que las llamas estallaron a la vez en largas y ordenadas filas: Esos cables…

En los primeros momentos de los incendios forestales que azotaron Maui, cuando los fuertes vientos derribaron los postes eléctricos, tirando los cables electrificados a la hierba seca de abajo, había una razón por la que las llamas estallaron a la vez en largas y ordenadas filas: Esos cables estaban desnudos, sin aislamiento metálico que podría sacar chispas al contacto.

Para agravar el problema, muchos de los 60.000 postes eléctricos de la empresa, en su mayoría de madera, que según sus propios documentos se construyeron según “una norma obsoleta de los años sesenta”, estaban inclinados y cerca del final de su vida útil prevista. No estaban ni cerca de cumplir con una norma nacional de 2002 que exigía que los componentes clave de la red eléctrica de Hawai pudieran soportar vientos de 168 kilómetros por hora .

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