Thousands of people are missing from wildfires that swept through Maui earlier this month, prompting officials to ask for DNA samples to identify the remains.
, covering thousands of acres of land and effectively destroying the historic town of Lahaina. Authorities said they have searched 100% of the single-story residential properties in the decimated area and confirmed 115 people died in the fires as of Monday. It is still unknown how many people survived the fires but haven’t checked in with loved ones, or the number of people who tragically perished in the fires.
“We want to get a verified list,” Pelletier said. “The 1,100 names right now, we know that there’s a margin of that that some of them have first names only and there’s no contact number back. So there was a ‘John’s missing,’ and when we try to call back who said that, no one is answering,” he said. “And so we’re trying to scrub this to make it as accurate as we can.”He added, “If you feel you’ve got a family member that’s unaccounted for, give the DNA. Do the report. Let’s figure this out.
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