At least 95 people have died in the fire that consumed the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials said, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century and with the toll expected to rise.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an impossible day,\u201d the state governor, Josh Green, told after viewing the devastation. Earlier, he said operations were now centred on \u201cthe loss of life\u201d.<\/p>\n
The fire would \u201ccertainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced\u201d, he said. \u201cWe can only wait and support those who are living.<\/p>\n
Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them health care, and then turn to rebuilding.\u201d<\/p>\n
The death toll would rise in the coming days. Dogs trained to detect bodies have covered only 3% of the search area, said the Maui county police chief, John Pelletier.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles and it is full of our loved ones. And we\u2019ve got 89 so far. Today we identified two,\u201d Pelletier said, adding: \u201cNone of us really know the size of the death toll yet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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