Within a day of officials releasing 388 names of people unaccounted for following Maui wildfires, dozens have said they are safe
Within a day of Hawaiian authorities releasing 388 names of people unaccounted for following the deadly wildfires on Maui, more than 100 of them or their relatives came forward to say they were safe, the FBI has said.“We’re very thankful for the people who have reached out by phone or email,” Steven Merrill, the FBI’s special agent in charge in Honolulu, said at a news conference. “As we get someone off of a list, this has enabled us to devote more resources to those who are still on the list.
a portion of a broader list of up to 1,100 people reported missing that the FBI said earlier this week it was working to validate. Maui County said the newly published list included those for whom it had first and last names as well as verified contact information for someone who reported them missing.
“They will find me in a New York minute if I don’t pay my car registration or taxes, but they can’t seem to locate me in a disaster here in Lahaina!” she said via Facebook Messenger. Crews have been searching for remains among the ashes of destroyed businesses and multi-story residential buildings. The search will take weeks to complete, with many of the last structures posing complicated challenges, army Col David Fielder, deputy commander of the joint taskforce responding to the wildfires, said at a news conference on Friday.
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