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.

  • @NatakuNox
    link
    71 year ago

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

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    41 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?

  • Flying Squid
    link
    11 year ago

    “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.

    Dear god, I hope not.