Officials warned, but failed to prepare for wildfire

Evacuation efforts hindered by lack of plans, report says

- JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, AUDREY MCAVOY AND GENE JOHNSON

Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s wildfire that killed 102 people on Maui said in a report released Friday they found “no evidence” Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that critical fire weather was coming.

That lack of planning hindered efforts to evacuate the historic town of Lahaina before it burned, the report said.