Updated: Maui officials defend decision not to sound sirens during wildfire
Updated: 12:30pm Lahaina, Hawaii, US Reuters Maui’s emergency management chief on Wednesday defended his agency’s decision against sounding sirens during last week’s deadly wildfire amid questions about whether doing so might have saved lives. Herman Andaya, administrator of the Maui County Emergency Management Agency, said sirens in Hawaii are used to alert people to tsunamis. […]