Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says number missing from Maui fire could drop from 388 to fewer than 100

By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says the number of people listed as missing from Maui’s devastating wildfire could drop from nearly 400 to fewer than 100 when authorities provide an update Friday on efforts to locate them. Authorities have said at least 115 people died in the fire, which tore through Lahaina on Aug. 8 — the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in a century. Initially more than 1,000 people were considered unaccounted for, with family, friends or acquaintances reporting them as missing. Officials narrowed that list down to 388 names who were credibly considered missing, but even that list included the names of many who were alive or who were known to have perished.