The island's emergency chief resigned last week after facing criticism for not sounding warning sirens to alert residents to evacuate.
Thursday following significant criticism for the agency's response to the Lahaina wildfire and the failure to sound the island's warning sirens to alert residents to evacuate. ,"I do not." He said there was concern that if the sirens were activated that people would have evacuated toward the fire because they are typically used to warn of tsunamis. Instead, warnings were set via text, television and radio, he said.
Green said there are still more than 1,000 people unaccounted for and it could take several weeks to identify the remains, and in some cases some remains may be impossible to identify. He also said it's possible"many children" are among the dead.
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