Just three percent of areas affected by the devastating wildfires in Hawaii’s Maui County have been searched with cadaver dogs.
Just three percent of areas affected by the devastating wildfires in Hawaii’s Maui County have been searched with cadaver dogs, meaning the death toll could rise exponentially, according to Police Chief John Pelletier.
The death toll crept up to 96 on Monday morning, and it is only expected to rise. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said during a press conference over the weekend that just three percent of affected areas have been searched with cadaver dogs thus far.Evacuations Continue as Death Toll Climbs from Apocalyptic Fires in Hawaii
Over the weekend, when the death toll remained at 89, Pelletier explained the difficult road ahead in identifying the victims and their families. “Realize this. When we find these, our family and our friends, the remains we’re finding is through a fire that melted metal. We have to do rapid DNA for data filing,” he“Every one of these 89 are John and Jane Does,” he said. “And so when you are asking us and we know we’ve got to get — and I love the way our House representative, how she said it, she was so eloquent — we know we’ve gotta go quick, but we gotta do it right.
“Please,” he begged. “Because we got to go make 89 notifications and coming from a place that had to make 58, I understand the pain this is going to take, and we’re not done with 89.”“Everybody wants a number. You want it fast. You want it right. We’re gonna do it right,” he added.
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