The list of 388 people (killed and missing) in the wake of the devastating wildfire in Hawaii has been released by officials of island of Maui.
The list of known people thought to be missing following the fire has been compiled by the FBI, which said on Tuesday there were about 1,000 to 1,100 people on a more tentative list of those unaccounted for, the Guardian reported.
“We’re releasing this list of names today because we know that it will help with the investigation,” said John Pelletier, Maui’s police chief.
“We also know that once those names come out, it can and will cause pain for folks whose loved ones are listed. This is not an easy thing to do, but we want to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make this investigation as complete and thorough as possible.”
While there has been a fluctuation in the number thought to have died in the fire, the official death toll from the August 8 blaze, which razed most of the historic coastal town of Lahaina, still stands at 115.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) teams with cadaver dogs trained to identify the scent of human decomposition have been searching the area for weeks, attempting to essentially go door to door. The teams have been scouring the rubble of the town and have made grim discoveries of bone fragments and body parts. Crews have searched 100% of the town’s single-story residences, officials reported this week.
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