Death toll from Maui, Hawaii wildfires drops to 97 —Hawaii governor

Views from the air of the neighborhood of Lahaina after wildfires pushed by excessive winds burned throughout a lot of the city a number of days in the past, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, August 10, 2023. The demise toll is 97, Hawaii Governor Josh Green says. REUTERS/ Marco Garcia/ File picture

The demise toll from final month’s wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui has dropped to 97 and the variety of individuals lacking is now 31, Hawaii Governor Josh Green advised CNN in an interview on Friday. 

Green mentioned final week the demise toll was 115 and 66 individuals have been lacking.

“The death toll dropped because we have Department of Defense anthropologists who are able to do a lot more advanced genetics. They were able to make sure we weren’t tragically commingling any of the people we lost,” Green mentioned.

The grassland fireplace on Aug. 8 raced down the bottom of a volcano sloping into the vacationer resort city of Lahaina, destroying or damaging some 2,200 buildings. —Reuters