The last of 100 known victims from devastating Hawaii wildfire identified

essentially 2000 structures burned but it appears that anyone able to scoot survided.  after elimination of duplications we lost 100 individuals which is reasonable in terms of obvious expectations.  It did happen in broad daylight and simply walking outside told you all you needed to know.

Brush fire or not, you could walk out ahead of most of the oncoming problem and no obvious choke points and surely the wind was coming onshore as well.

and of course, most jumped into their cars with the family and moved on out.

Not everyone gets trapped in a disaster, but most everyone is affected.  Fires do advertise their existence.

The last of 100 known victims from devastating Hawaii wildfire identified

Credit: Patrick Post/AP

The last of the 100 known victims of the wildfire that destroyed Maui's historic town of Lahaina in August was identified Friday as a 70-year-old woman whose husband, sister and several other relatives also died in the fire. Maui police said they identified the victim as Lydia Coloma based on the context of where the remains were found, rather than through DNA or other positive identification methods. Identifying those who perished in the deadliest wildfire in the US in more than a century has been a long, arduous process. Forensic experts and cadaver dogs have had to sift through ash searching for bodies that were possibly cremated, and authorities collected DNA samples from victims’ family members. The victims ranged in age from 7 to 97, but more than two-thirds were in their 60s or older, according to Maui police’s list of known victims. Several were residents of a low-income senior apartment complex.