Maui County filed a lawsuit Thursday against Hawaiian Electric for its role in the devastating Lahaina wildfires. The suit claimed the utility company was negligent by not turning off their electrical equipment despite extreme weather conditions.

The lawsuit, filed in the Second Circuit Court in Hawaii, claimed the electric company failed “to properly maintain and repair the electric transmission lines, and other equipment including utility poles associated with their transmission of electricity, and to keep vegetation properly trimmed and maintained so as to prevent contact with overhead power lines and other electric equipment.”

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Attorneys say the fallen energized power lines "ignited dry fuel such as grass and brush, causing the fires," which ignited on Aug. 8, killing at least 115 people and destroying more than 2,200 structures.

Other utility companies, Southern California Edison Company, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric, are named in the lawsuit as examples of a proper shut-off plan that prevented damages and saved lives, emphasizing Hawaiian Electric should've followed suit.

Hawaiian Electric said during a press conference last week that unlike California, Oregon, and Nevada, the state doesn't have a formal shut-off plan in place.

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On Aug. 12, Lahaina residents filed a class action lawsuit against the utility company for keeping the power lines on as the fires broke out.

The fires in the Lahaina and Kula communities caused between $4 billion and $6 billion in damage to Hawaii's economy, according to the risk modeling and solutions company Moody's RMS.