Anger was growing Saturday over the official response to a horrific inferno that levelled a Hawaiian town, killing at least 89 people in the deadliest wildfire in the United States for over 100 years.
More than 2,200 structures were damaged or destroyed as the fire tore through Lahaina, according to official estimates, wreaking $5.5 billion in damage and leaving thousands homeless.
"This is my home now," the 63-year-old said, gesturing to the car she has been sleeping in with her daughter, grandson and two cats. "There are 89 fatalities that have been measured," he said."It's going to continue to rise. We want to brace people for that." "The remains we're finding are from a fire that melted metal," he said."We have to do rapid DNA to identify every one of these.Hawaii congresswoman Jill Tokuda told CNN that officials had been taken by surprise by the tragedy.Green, the governor, defended the immediate response, saying the situation had been complicated by the presence of multiple fires and by the strength of the winds.
Maui suffered numerous power outages during the crisis, preventing many residents from receiving emergency alerts on their cell phones -- something Tokuda said officials should have prepared for. Maui police said members of the public would not be allowed into Lahaina -- even some of those who could prove they lived there.
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