Hawaii wildfires: Crews may find 10 to 20 wildfire victims a day - governor
Recovery crews combing through homes and vehicles burned to a cinder in Hawaii are likely to find 10 to 20 more victims per day, the governor has warned.Governor Josh Green told CBS News it could take up to 10 days to learn the full death toll."There is nothing to see except full devastation," Mr Green told CBS, the BBC's US news partner, on Sunday.
"We've got an area that we have to contain that is at least five square miles, and it is full of our loved ones," said Maui Police Chief Jeff Pelletier at a weekend news conference. The dogs are very effective at finding human remains, experts say, but do need to rest and hydrate often between searches.
"Our hearts will break beyond repair if that means that many more are dead," he said. "None of us think that, but we are prepared for many tragic stories." "When we find our family and friends, the remains we're finding is through a fire that melted metal," he said. "We have to do rapid DNA to identify them. Every one of these ... are John and Jane Does."
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