Authorities urged relatives to provide DNA samples to speed up efforts to identify the remains.
Massive wildfires in Hawaii have killed at least 115 people, leaving about 1,000 people missing. It was reported on August 23 by the Associated Press.
As of Monday, August 21, there are 115 confirmed deaths in the fire, according to Maui Island Police.
Rescuers searched all the one-story houses in the disaster area. While teams are inspecting multi-storey residential buildings and commercial facilities.
Between 1,000 and 1,100 missing persons remain on the FBI’s preliminary, unconfirmed list.
Hawaii authorities have urged relatives of the missing to provide DNA samples to speed up efforts to identify the remains.
It noted that two weeks after fire engulfed the resort town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, officials struggled to identify those who died, remained missing, escaped, but were not reported.
It will be remembered that the fire started in Hawaii two weeks ago, the spread of the fire was facilitated by strong winds. In the city of Lahaina on Maui, where 13 thousand people live, almost all the houses were burned.
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Source: korrespondent
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