The wild fire in west Maui disrupted or destroyed 20 out of 21 mobile towers serving the areas of Kapalua, Napili-Honokowai, Kaanapali, Lahaina, Launiupoko, and Olowalu, according to network outage data furnished by communications providers to the FCC.
In addition, cable and wireline companies reported 16,709 subscribers out of service in the disaster area; this may include the loss of telephone, television, and/or Internet services.