"DLNR delayed releasing water requested by West Maui Land Co. to help prevent the spread of fire, sources familiar with the situation said."
The priority should be to stop the spread of fire not prevent houses being burned down.
"DLNR delayed releasing water (requested by West Maui Land Co. to help prevent the spread of fire)"
not
"(DLNR delayed releasing water requested by West Maui Land Co.) to help prevent the spread of fire"
>>The priority should be to stop the spread of fire not prevent houses being burned down.
This would imply you think DLNR should have released the water the West Maui Land Co. as they were using it to "help prevent the spread of fire" (direct quote from your quote). Yet you say at the beginning.
>>Reading the article this seems perfectly fine.
Do you believe DLNR acted appropriately by not releasing the water which increased the spread of fire or do you believe DLNR should have released the water to help stop the spread of fire?
Using water to help isolate an area that is used for evacuation is much more important than saving a few houses which are likely to be insured and can be simply rebuilt.
I truly hope my assumption is wrong and that those 800 people are safe, but it just doesn't seem likely to me given what we know.