Three weeks after the fires broke out, the count of the dead stands at 115. But an unknown number of people are still missing.
Three weeks after the fire devastated Maui's historic seaside community of Lahaina,Maui County officials on Aug. 24 released the names of of 388 people who were unaccounted for, part of a largerHowever, within a day of its release, more than 100 of those on the list or their relatives came forward to say they were safe, the FBI said the following day.
"We have wrapped up almost completely the search and recovery mission and moving into the next phase," Darryl Oliveira, the interim administrator of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, said at a news conference Tuesday. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said urban search and rescue teams have"completed 100% of their area" but some search activity continues in the ocean off Lahaina.Gao Shan/Xinhua via Getty Images
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