JUST IN: The death toll from the Hawaii wildfires has risen once again.
The wildfire is now the deadliest in the United States in more than a century.Not counting the incomprehensible human cost, FEMA has estimated damage from the fire at $5.6 billion. That number, too, is expected to rise.
On Saturday, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier told reporters cadaver dogs had searched just 3% of the hardest-hit areas and asked those with missing loved ones to provide DNA samples at a county resource center. For information on how to report loved ones missing,Emergency personnel conduct searches in properties destroyed by wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.
“When we find our family and friends, the remains we’re finding is through a fire that melted metal. We have to do rapid DNA to identify them. Every one of these ... are John and Jane Does,” he said. As the grim work of sifting through a burned-out community continues, there are growing questions about whether enough was done to warn residents. The state has pledged to conduct a review of the actions taken before, during and after the wildfire.in Lahaina even with cells and power out.
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