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Identifying victims of Maui wildfires will be challenging as death toll climbs to 111

Headline from FOX 35 Orlando, on the newest of 3 developments

Maui County officials said nine victims have been identified in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires.

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  1. Officials Search for Remains of Maui Victims—and Answers for How the Wildfire Turned So Deadly

    Headline from Wall Street Journal ·

  2. Hawaii officials to beginning releasing names of victims killed in Maui fire

    Headline from The Guardian ·

  3. Newest

    Identifying victims of Maui wildfires will be challenging as death toll climbs to 111

    Headline from FOX 35 Orlando ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

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  1. Courthouse News Service

    Maui wildfire search and rescue continues as community decries government response (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Hawaii officials are facing criticism, and a review, of their handling of wildfires on Maui that have become the deadliest natural disaster in the Hawaii history.

  2. Wall Street Journal

    Officials Search for Remains of Maui Victims—and Answers for How the Wildfire Turned So Deadly (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    Forthcoming investigations are likely to surround how the fire started and whether officials could have given residents more warning once it grew.

  3. Local News 8

    Crews work to identify many of the 93 victims found so far in Maui wildfires, now the deadliest US fire in over a century (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from the Maui wildfires climbed to at least 93 Saturday as authorities work to identify the victims and sift through the burned communities of western Maui.

  4. New York Post

    Only 2 of estimated 93 victims of Maui fires ID’d so far, with bodies so damaged ‘they fall apart’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Only two of the estimated 93 people killed in the Maui wildfires have been identified so far, with officials describing some of the bodies recovered so far as so badly damaged “they fall apar…

  5. The Daily News (Longview)

    Grim task of finding, identifying Maui fire victims intensifies: ‘Obviously no survivors left’ (opens The Daily News (Longview))

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    The Daily News (Longview)'s feed description

    Nearly a week after a wildfire torched the historic Hawaiian town of Lahaina, search efforts are intensifying as teams comb through the ash and rubble in the grim task of

  6. Fox News

    Maui officials confirm identities of 3 wildfire victims as FEMA, Hawaiian agencies continue searches, give aid (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Federal and state officials confirmed in a briefing Tuesday three people have been identified from the wildfire that devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui.

  7. The Guardian

    Hawaii officials to beginning releasing names of victims killed in Maui fire (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    So far 99 fatalities have been identified but number of dead is expected to rise as teams search devastated neighborhoods

  8. Forbes

    First Victims Of Maui Fire Identified: Why Identifying Fire Victims Is Difficult (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Major identifiable features, like dental traits, may have been destroyed in the fire, experts say.

  9. FOX 35 Orlando

    Identifying victims of Maui wildfires will be challenging as death toll climbs to 111 (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    Maui County officials said nine victims have been identified in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires.

  10. The Garden Island

    Identifying victims of the Maui wildfire will be a challenging task. Here’s what it entails (opens The Garden Island)

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    The Garden Island's feed description

    NEW YORK — The challenge is formidable: identifying the remains of more than 100 victims as agonized loved ones yearn for information about those missing in Maui after the United States’ deadliest wildfire in more than a century.

  11. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Identifying victims of the Maui wildfire will be a challenging task. Here’s what it entails - Hawaii Tribune-Herald (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    NEW YORK — The challenge is formidable: identifying the remains of more than 100 victims as agonized loved ones yearn for information about those missing in Maui after the United States’ deadliest wildfire in more than a century.

  12. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Identifying Maui wildfire victims will be challenging. Here’s what it entails (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    NEW YORK >> The challenge is formidable: identifying the remains of more than 100 victims as agonized loved ones yearn for information about those missing in Maui after the United States’ deadliest wildfire in more than a century.

  13. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Identifying victims of the Maui wildfire will be a challenging task. Here's what it entails | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Identifying victims of the Maui wildfire will be a challenging task. Here's what it entails

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