The scale of the Maui wildfires' destruction came into sharper focus on Saturday, as officials warned the death toll of 80 would likely rise and search teams with cadaver dogs sifted through the charred ruins of Lahaina looking for more victims.
The cost to rebuild the historic resort town was estimated at $5.5 billion, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency , after the fast-moving flames consumed more than 1,000 buildings and leveled almost the entire town.
The state's attorney general, Anne Lopez, said she was launching a review of the decision-making both before and during the fire, while Governor Josh Green told CNN he had authorized a review of the emergency response. "It's going to be sad to get down there," said Za Dacruz, 33, as he waited on Friday in a traffic jam to try to return to Lahaina. "We're just looking for everyone to be alive, to be safe - that's all we're trying to do. And the rest? We'll go from there."At a family assistance center in Kahului, June Lacuesta said he was trying to locate nine relatives who had not been heard from since Tuesday.
About five hours later, power was knocked out in Lahaina. In updates posted on Facebook that morning, Maui County said a three-acre brush fire cropped up in Lahaina around 6:30 a.m. but had been contained by 10 a.m.
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