Remaining victims of deadly Maui wildfires identified
Posted on AllSides January 27th, 2024
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The remaining of the 100 known victims of the deadly wildfires in Lahaina, Maui late last year were identified Friday by Hawaiian officials. Lydia Coloma, 70, who also lost her husband, sister and other family members in the fire, was identified by Maui police due to the context of where remains were found, according to The Associated Press. She was from the Philippines, according to her sister Tina Acosta, who also noted that she didn’t know the reason behind why final identification took so long. “We were waiting,” she said,...