Hawaii officials plead for DNA samples from families of people missing after deadly wildfires Maui officials said only 104 families have provided DNA samples so far following pleas for help in identifying wildfire victims
Nearly two weeks after wildfires ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui, authorities are strongly encouraging the relatives of missing people to give DNA samples in efforts to identify human remains discovered in the ashes.
The plea comes after the family assistance center collected DNA from only 104 families while up to 1,100 names remain on the FBI’s tentative list of people unaccounted for following the fires, according to The Associated Press Wednesday morning.
