Maui fire death toll at 99 and will multiply, officials say, as task of ID’ing victims begins
Nearly a week after a wildfire incinerated the historic Hawaiian town of Lahaina, search efforts are intensifying as teams comb through the ash and rubble to find and identify scores of victims in what is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century.
The death toll has climbed to 99, the Maui Police Department reported Monday night.
There are some close to the search who suspect the toll could…