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Toll rises in deadliest US wildfire in over 100 years
Updated On: 14 August, 2023 07:47 AM IST | Lahaina | Agencies
Crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area so far
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Authorities are opening a probe into the handling of the devastating wildfires. Pic/AP
As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town reached 93, authorities warned Saturday that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages. It’s already the deadliest US wildfire for over a century.
Crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said. “We’ve got an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles and it is full of our loved ones,” noting that the death toll is likely to grow.
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