People across Maui have been asked to provide DNA samples in an effort to identify human remains.
FEMA spokesperson Adam Weintraub told reporters Wednesday that the number of people unaccounted for is estimated to be between 1,100 and 1,300. People across the Hawaiian island have been asked to provide DNA samples in an effort to identify human remains.
Dozens of FEMA search and rescue teams with cadaver dogs continue to methodically comb for human remains. At least 38% of the Lahaina fire burn area had been searched, local officials said Wednesday.Getty Images Blue believes Schilling may have died in the fire trying to help others evacuate, but his remains have not been found.
Some who have been reported missing have been found. Weintraub said Wednesday that about 60 people sheltering on a single property during the fire who survived had initially been listed as unaccounted for.
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