Videos put scrutiny on downed power lines as possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires

Awakened by howling winds that tore through his neighborhood, Shane Treu went out at dawn and saw a wooden power pole suddenly snap with a flash, its sparking, popping line falling to the dry grass below and quickly igniting a row of flames.

He called 911 and then turned on Facebook video to livestream his attempt to fight the blaze in Lahaina, including wetting down his property with a garden hose.

“I heard ‘buzz, buzz,’ “ the 49-year-old resort worker recounted. “It was almost like somebody lit a firework. It…