“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.

  • @[email protected]
    7•1 year ago

    And for state officials to blame indigenous Hawaiians for the poor response is mind blowing and sick.

    • @tastysnacks
      4•1 year ago

      This sounds like propaganda to me. I haven’t heard anything like that on the local news.