Lahaina

The death toll in the devastated town of Lahaina has surpassed 100, but only a handful have been officially identified.

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Herman Andaya said sounding sirens during the fire might have led people to evacuate toward the danger.

Tourists enjoying holiday activities like snorkeling while the death toll in the historic resort town of Lahaina passes 100 and is rising.

The inferno killed at least 101 people after racing from grasslands outside town into Lahaina last Tuesday.

Many residents were still unable to return to the site of the fire because of the risks posed by possible hot spots and toxic fumes.

The death toll made the blaze Hawaii's worst natural disaster, surpassing a tsunami that killed 61 people in 1960.

Crews of firefighters were still battling flare-ups, and cadaver dogs were sifting through the town's charred ruins in search of victims.

Winds from Hurricane Dora, hundreds of miles southwest of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, have fanned the flames across Hawaii.

Search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina, while officials sought to determine how the inferno spread so rapidly.

The fast-moving inferno, spread from the brush outside of town and ravaged the historic city of Lahaina.

Multiple neighborhoods were burnt to the ground as the western side of the island was nearly cut off with only one highway open.

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