“That doesn’t mean necessarily ... that these people are in fact missing,” said the special agent in charge of the FBI's Honolulu field office. So far there have been 115 confirmed deaths.

The list of people who may be unaccounted for in the wake of the Maui wildfires is now 1,000 to 1,100, officials said Tuesday.

The numbers are expected to change, and “that doesn’t mean necessarily … that these people are, in fact, missing,” said Steven Merrill, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Honolulu field office.

  • ramble81
    51·
    1 year ago

    I know this sounds morbid, but are they searching the water for those that may have jumped in to avoid the fire and drowned?