Maui fire toll reaches 106, as county begins identifying victims

Vicente Ruboi walks along a sea wall, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in Kihei, Hawaii, following wildfires that ravaged Maui. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)ASSOCIATED PRESS

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お盆休みみたいなちょっとお休みしていましたが、Hawaii Maui島の Wildfireが折柄のハリケーンの風により大火となり、多数の死傷者を出しています。

とりあえず、ご一読ください。

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify remains, as Maui County released the first names of people killed in the wildfire that all but incinerated the historic town of Lahaina a week ago and raised the death toll to 106.

The county named two victims, Lahaina residents Robert Dyckman, 74, and Buddy Jantoc, 79, adding in a statement that a further three victims have been identified. Those names will be released once the county has identified their next of kin.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deployed a team of coroners, pathologists and technicians along with exam tables, X-ray units and other equipment to identify victims and process remains, said Jonathan Greene, the agency's deputy assistant secretary for response.