{"id":2012870,"date":"2023-08-26T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-say-theyre-safe-after-maui-releases-388-names-of-missing-people-from-wildfires\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T13:44:46","slug":"many-say-theyre-safe-after-maui-releases-388-names-of-missing-people-from-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-say-theyre-safe-after-maui-releases-388-names-of-missing-people-from-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui releases list of 388 missing people from wildfires, bringing relief to many."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmany-say-theyre-safe-after-maui-releases-388-names-of-missing-people-from-wildfires%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012870&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Just a day\u2063 after Maui County\u200b released 388 names of people\u200c unaccounted for\u2063 in the deadly wildfire that broke out in\u200d early August, more than 100 of them \u200cor their relatives came forward to say they\u2019re safe, \u200bthe FBI said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 FBI is\u200c reviewing the information they provided to see \u2064if they can confirm and remove the\u200b names\u2064 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mauinuistrong.info\/unaccountedfor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">388 missing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re \u2062very thankful for the people who have reached out by phone\u2064 or email,\u201d Steven\u2063 Merrill, the FBI\u2019s special agent in charge in\u200d Honolulu, said at a news conference. \u201cAs we get someone off of a list, this has enabled us to devote more resources to those who are still on the list.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/maui-releases-names-of-388-people-still-missing-after-deadly-wildfire-5480702\">Maui Releases Names of 388 People Still Missing After Deadly Wildfire<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/25\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/residents-disobeying-official-orders-survived-maui-fires-over-1000-still-missing-5479348\">Maui Residents Who Disobeyed\u2064 Official Orders Survived Fires; 1,000 Still\u200c Missing<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Maui wildfires broke out on Aug. 8 \u200cand became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/maui-wildfires-now-deadliest-us-fire-in-past-century-at-least-93-killed-5462016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deadliest U.S. wildfire in the past\u2062 century<\/a> after it exceeded 85 deaths\u2014the\u2063 death\u200b toll of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, in 2018. It&#8217;s yet to surpass the 453 \u2062lives killed due to the Cloquet fire in Minnesota and Wisconsin back in 1918.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d cause of the wildfires across parts of Maui continues to\u200d be under\u200d investigation. Lahaina, a historic oceanside\u2062 town in western Maui that was home to more than 12,000 people, was\u2062 worst hit, reduced to \u2064a barren wasteland.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exhausted-every-option-crews-switching-to-recovery-effort-as-condo-collapse-death-toll-grows\/\" title=\"\u2018Exhausted Every Option\u2019: Crews Switching To Recovery Effort As Condo Collapse Death Toll Grows\">official death toll<\/a> from the Maui wildfires currently stands at 115.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Up to 1,100 Reported Missing<\/h2>\n<p>The 388\u200c missing list, compiled by the FBI, includes only people with verified \u2062full names, as well as verified contact information \u200bfor someone who\u200c reported them missing.<\/p>\n<p>The 388 names represented a portion of a broader list of up to 1,100 people reported \u2062missing that the FBI said earlier this\u200b week it was working to validate. Mr.\u200b Merrill noted \u200dthat there were children on the list but he \u200dcouldn\u2019t provide a number.<\/p>\n<p>In releasing the names late on Thursday, authorities urged anyone who knows that someone on the list is safe, \u200dor has additional information that \u2062might help \u200dlocate them, to contact the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>An additional\u2063 1,732 people initially reported missing had been found safe as of Thursday \u200bafternoon, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Crews continue to search for remains in the area that was burned, and the search will take weeks to complete, \u200cArmy Col. David Fielder, deputy commander of the joint task \u200bforce responding to the wildfires, said in a news conference Friday. He added that \u2064many of the last structures are presenting complicated challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Crews have also been\u2064 searching in a stretch of water spanning 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) to \u200bsee if anyone\u2063 had died after climbing over a seawall to seek safety from the wildfires.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Interim Emergency Management Director Appointed<\/h2>\n<p>Officials announced on Friday that \u2063Darryl Oliveira will serve as the interim administrator for the county&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-emergency-alert-systems-scheduled-to-be-tested-in-october\/\" title=\"October will see the testing of public emergency alert systems.\">emergency management\u200d agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The role had been vacant since Herman Andaya, \u2062who had been the Maui Emergency Management Agency administrator since 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/mauis-emergency-chief-resigns-amid-criticisms-over-wildfires-siren-failure-5474117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resigned<\/a> on Aug. 17 for &#8220;health reasons.&#8221; The resignation \u200bcame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-is-placing-vending-machines-filled-with-drug-supplies-in-rural-kentucky\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Is Placing Vending Machines Filled With Drug Supplies in Rural Kentucky\">amid public backlash<\/a> for \u2062his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/officials-defend-not-sounding-sirens-for-maui-wildfires-as-death-toll-climbs-to-110-post-5471544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision<\/a> to \u2064not sound \u2063disaster sirens during the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Oliveira is the former administrator of the Hawaii County Civil \u2064Defense Agency and also a\u2064 former chief of the \u2062Hawaii Fire Department. He is known for his\u200d management expertise in disasters including hurricanes and lava flows.<\/p>\n<p>He has expressed his desire to establish\u2064 &#8220;trust\u200c and \u2062confidence&#8221; while rebuilding Maui&#8217;s emergency protocols.<\/p>\n<h2>Hawaii Seeks Tourists in\u2063 Maui Amid Job Losses<\/h2>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-visits-hawaii-as-wildfire-rescue-efforts-continue-850-people-still-missing-5477817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200bvisit to Maui<\/a> on\u2063 Aug. 21, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, asked tourists\u200b to\u2062 come to Maui to help support recovery efforts and \u2063the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one can travel\u2062 to West Maui right now. We will share when that is possible again. Only \u2064returning residents and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-say-theyre-safe-after-maui-releases-388-names-of-missing-people-from-wildfires\/\" title=\"Maui releases list of 388 missing people from wildfires, bringing relief to many.\">authorized emergency relief workers<\/a> should come \u2064here now.\u200b But all of the other areas of Maui \u2026 and the rest of Hawaii are\u200b safe,\u201d Mr. Green <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiitourismauthority.org\/news\/alerts\/maui-and-hawai%CA%BBi-island-wildfire-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWhen you come, you\u200b will \u200csupport our local economy and help speed the recovery of the people that\u2063 are suf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a day after Maui County released 388 names of missing individuals from the August wildfire, over 100 of them or their relatives have come forward to confirm their safety, according to the FBI. 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