HONOLULU (AP) — The wildfire that killed at least 102 people on Maui last year erupted from an earlier brushfire, sparked by downed power lines, that firefighters believed they had extinguished, officials confirmed Wednesday as they presented their findings on the cause.

The report said that authorities found the incident involved one fire with a “morning phase and afternoon phase"

The blaze spread as chaos overtook the historic town of Lahaina, sending some residents fleeing into the ocean and trapping others in their vehicles.

The wildfire that killed at least 102 people on Maui last year erupted from an earlier brushfire that firefighters believed they had extinguished, officials said Wednesday as they presented their findings on the cause.

Deadly Maui wildfire erupted from earlier brushfire believed to have been extinguished, investigation confirms

The Aug. 8, 2023, blaze — the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century — emerged in the afternoon in the same area as the blaze that began early that morning.