Hawaii authorities say the death toll from last year’s wildfire in Lahaina on the island of Maui has risen to 102.
FILE - Photos of victims are displayed under white crosses at a memorial for the August 2023 wildfire victims, above the Lahaina Bypass highway, Dec. 6, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The death toll from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century, which devastated the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui last year, has risen to 102, authorities said Monday, June 24, 2024. – The death toll from the deadliest U.S.
Heermance suffered burns on 20% of her body and her case was complicated by multiple other conditions, said Dr. Masahiko Kobayashi, the Honolulu medical examiner.
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