Maui Mayor Says 850 Islanders Missing After Wildfires

There are 850 people still missing since the Maui wildfires burned the resort city of Lahaina to the ground and killed at least 114, officials said.
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said in a briefing Monday that the FBI and local authorities finished compiling a list of the missing after checking on more than 2,000 names in the two weeks since the blaze.
“To the tireless work of the FBI and the Maui Police Department, over 1,285 individuals have been located safe,” he said. “We are both saddened and relieved about these numbers as we continue the recovery process.”

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