"Devastating Hawaii Wildfires Leave Over 1,000 Missing in Maui"

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"Devastating Hawaii Wildfires Leave Over 1,000 Missing in Maui"
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Over 1,000 people are reported missing in Maui, Hawaii, two weeks after devastating wildfires destroyed the town of Lahaina. The number of missing individuals fluctuates daily as new reports are filed and others are located. Law enforcement officials, including the FBI, are working to determine who is truly unaccounted for by going through multiple lists of missing persons. So far, 1,400 people have been located out of an initial 2,500 reported missing. Search and recovery teams are combing through the ruins, but the police chief cannot guarantee that all remains will be recovered. Families are being urged to provide DNA samples to help identify the recovered remains.

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