Maui County has released the names of nearly 400 people still missing more than two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
The FBI compiled the list of names. The number of confirmed dead after fires on Maui thatstands at 115, a number the county said is expected to rise.
“We also know that once those names come out, it can and will cause pain for folks whose loved ones are listed,” Police Chief John Pelletier said in a statement. “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.”Names on the list were deemed validated if officials had a person’s first and last name and a verified contact for the person who reported them missing, officials said.
An additional 1,732 people who had been reported missing have been found safe as of Thursday afternoon, officials said. On Wednesday, officials said 1,000 to 1,100 names remained on the FBI’s tentative, unconfirmed list of people unaccounted for, but DNA had been collected from only 104 families, a figure far lower than in previous major disasters around the country.They thought the grass fire was contained, but wind conditions were still extreme.
Hawaii Electric said in a statement that it was “very disappointed that Maui County chose this litigious path while the investigation is still unfolding.”
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