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As of Monday, the official death toll attributed to the Maui wildfires stands at 99 individuals. Officials conveyed during a press briefing that this number is anticipated to increase in the forthcoming days. Amidst this somber news, a positive development was shared by Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen, PEOPLE reported.
Mayor Bissen stated, "We discovered yesterday that there was a family that was housing 60 people at a home on the west side, and many of those folks were unaccounted for, and they’ve now been reunited with their families."
This private abode likely lacked essential utilities such as electricity, internet, and phone connectivity, as affirmed by authorities.
A report from Reuters indicates that a crowd-sourced database circulating on social media has marked around 1,130 individuals as "not located."
The American Red Cross has received over 2,500 appeals from people yearning to reconnect with their loved ones. Encouragingly, approximately 800 of these inquiries have been successfully resolved, according to the outlet's sources.
Providing a firsthand account of the circumstances when the fires erupted, a survivor named Dave Vogt, owner of a parasail business, revealed that there was no time for advance warning.
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