Head of emergency services on a Hawaiian island MauiHerman Andaya resigned this Thursday after being criticized for the authorities’ response to the fires, which have already claimed 111 lives.

Maui County confirmed the news on social media and assured that Hendaye’s resignation was due to health reasons and that will be replaced soon.

The person in charge defended last Wednesday the decision do not use the emergency alert system to warn the public about the fires, claiming that their purpose was to warn of the tsunami and they did not want to push people to run towards the fire, according to US media. Hill.

Hawaiian Attorney General Ann Lopez said Thursday. there will be an independent investigation government response to a natural disaster.

Emergency services aren’t the only ones to come under public scrutiny as a result of the tragedy: on Wednesday, the American network NBK repeated the lawsuit against the main service company of the archipelago, which accuses her of negligence for not turning off electrical system before strong winds hit the islands last week.

On the other hand, the chain ABC published an interview with the director of an electrical monitoring company, in which the expert assured that an explosion had probably occurred. by falling tree on the high voltage cable could be the cause of one of the fires.

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US President Joe Biden will travel to Maui next Monday to visit the area most affected by the fires, the deadliest thing the United States has suffered in the last century. (EFE)