The Lahaina wildfire destroyed many of Paula Ventura’s neighbor’s homes, but Ventura’s house and her 20 cats survived the fire; she plans to stay.
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The death toll from a historic fire that roared through this Maui community rose to 96 Sunday as teams with cadaver dogs picked through the devastation, marking the remnants of homes with a bright orange “X” to signify they had been searched − and “HR” to announce where human remains had been found.
A police roadblock kept some residents out of Lahaina, largely destroyed by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. More than 1,800 homes and structures were leveled, and hundreds of people were still missing. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier warned the search for the dead was far from over and that the death toll probably would rise.
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