Officials urge DNA tests to help identify Maui fire victims
Officials are asking anyone with a missing loved one to go get a DNA test to help identify victims of the Maui, Hawaii wildfires.
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Officials are asking anyone with a missing loved one to go get a DNA test to help identify victims of the Maui, Hawaii wildfires.
Hawaii's vaunted integrated outdoor siren warning system – the largest in the world, with about 400 alarms – was not activated during the fires, according to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
At least 2,200 structures were estimated to have been damaged or destroyed in the wildfires, according to preliminary numbers.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Saturday that operations would focus on "the loss of life."
The fire in Maui is now the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years, according to research from the National Fire Protection Association.
Officials say the rebuilding process will be lengthy and complicated because basic infrastructure is destroyed.
Police have sealed off part of the island of Maui as firefighters continue battling the flames. Jessica Kartalija reports from Kihei, Maui.
A former Mount Laurel, New Jersey fire chief shares his story of living in Maui close to the devastating fires.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said that it's likely the largest natural disaster in the state's history.
Officials say the rebuilding process will be lengthy and complicated because basic infrastructure is destroyed.
A family from Delran and a family from Radnor were in Maui when wildfires broke out and destroyed the town of Lahaina.
CBS News Philadelphia anchor Jessica Kartalija is in Maui where raging wildfires have killed at least 55 people.
First responders in Philadelphia are getting involved and being deployed as soon as possible to the island of Maui amid blazing wildfires.
Summer has been abnormally dry on the Hawaiian islands as wildfires broke out on the island of Maui.
