The death toll from the Hawaii wildfires has risen to 80, Maui county officials said in an update late Friday, as firefighters continued work to contain fires on the island. Updates will be threaded here throughout the day.
her department would begin a “comprehensive review of critical decision-making and standing policies leading up to, during, and after the wildfires.” Gov.
Josh Green told CNN that officials would investigate why sirens reportedly failed to warn residents in Maui, adding that the telecommunications lines that those sirens relied upon were “destroyed very rapidly” by the fast-moving flames.
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