2023-08-26 16:46:32
The search for victims lasts two and a half weeks following the outbreak devastating fires in the US state of Hawaii with at least 115 dead further on.
It be with one increase in the number of victims to be expected, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said in a press conference on Friday (local time). Divers would also search the coastal waters. Because of the intensity of the fire, identifying the remains is sometimes very difficult.
The FBI and the County of Maui previously had a list of the names of 388 people published, whose whereregardings following the fires in the coastal city of Lahaina have not yet been clarified war.
In a short time, many calls were received from the population and those affected that at least 100 listed people were safe, said Steven Merrill from the FBI’s Honolulu office. This information still needs to be verified.
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The authorities are still hoping for information from the public in their investigations. At times, 1732 people were reported missingwhich were later found with certainty.
The forest and bush fires broke out in several places on Maui and the neighboring island of Hawaii on August 8th. More than 2,200 buildings were destroyed on Maui Property damage is estimated at more than $5.5 billion. Measured by the number of victims, these were the most serious fires in the USA for more than 100 years. (dpa)
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