Hawaii Works to Identify 99 Confirmed Dead in Maui Wildfires as Teams Intensify Search

Hawaii Works to Identify 99 Confirmed Dead in Maui Wildfires as Teams Intensify Search
The charred remains of a vehicle sit near a wildfire-destroyed home in Kula, Hawaii, on Aug. 14, 2023. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo
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LAHAINA, Hawaii—Hawaii officials worked painstakingly to identify the 99 people confirmed killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui and expected to release the first names Tuesday, even as teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods reduced to ash.

A week after a blaze tore through historic Lahaina, many who survived have started moving into hundreds of hotel rooms set aside for displaced locals while donations of food, ice, water, and other essentials have poured in.