Hawaii’s Maui wildfire missing list falls slightly to 385 - GulfToday

Hawaii’s Maui wildfire missing list falls slightly to 385

  • 02 Sep 2023
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A damaged home has an exposed water spigot in Kula, Hawaii. AP

The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on Friday, nearly unchanged from a week earlier.

In a news release, the Maui Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said 245 people on the list of 388 made public the previous week were located and removed from the list. However, a nearly equal number of new names were added.

The updated total was a startling departure from what had been expected — a day earlier Gov. Josh Green said he expected the number would fall below 100.

"We think the number has dropped down into the double digits, so thank God,” Green said in a video posted to his account on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Associated Press

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