Hope is hard to let go after Maui fire, as odds wane over reuniting with still-missing loved ones

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Gov. Josh Green has said the death toll will likely rise in the days to come.

Missing people notices for residents of Lahaina, Hawaii, are posted on a bulletin board at King's Cathedral Maui in Kahului on Aug. 19, 2023. | AP Photo/Jae C. HongLAHAINA, Hawaii — The days of waiting have become harder and harder as the odds grow longer and longer, but Kevin Baclig remains undeterred in his search for his wife and her parents, missing since Aug. 8 when a wildfire engulfed and flattened the Hawaiian town of Lahaina.

The remains of 114 people have been found, most of them yet to be identified. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has said the death toll will likely rise in the days to come as the painstaking search for remains continues in the heaps of rubble and ash in Lahaina, a seaside community of 12,000 and a tourist hotspot on Maui.

More than 1,000 federal personnel are on Maui, nearly half of whom are assigned to help in the search for remains, the White House said. Earlier this week, Police Chief John Pelletier said authorities would do their best to track down the missing. “But I can’t promise that we’re going to get them all,” he said.

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