Maui County officials said the death toll from wildfires in the US state of Hawaii rose to 53. CNN.
Authorities confirmed that 17 more people were killed in the fire near the city of Lahaina.
“Thus, the death toll reached 53,” the authorities said in a statement.
State Governor Josh Green said the final death toll could be over 60.
It was previously reported as a result of wildfires in Hawaii. dead 36 people.
Before that, hundreds of local residents due to natural disaster evacuated. Many roads had to be closed in parts of the island of Maui where the fire broke out. Such measures by the authorities are connected with the fact that the fire came too close to the houses.
Some cannot reach the emergency services due to communication problems on the island.
Representatives of the Russian Embassy in the USA declaration that they are ready to help the citizens of the Russian Federation who fell on the island during the fires. They stressed that they are actively monitoring the situation.
The number of people killed in the explosion in Sergiev Posad was learned earlier. grew up up to 80 people.