The Hawaii Maui County Office said the death toll from fires on one of Hawaii’s Maui islands rose to 67 people. It has been reported TASS.
Regional officials said in a statement, “The number of dead reached 67.”
Before that, Hawaii Governor Josh Green declarationThe number of people who lost their lives due to forest fires in the state rose to 59 people.
Prior to this, it was reported that hundreds of local residents were evacuated due to the natural disaster. 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.
Green also noted that the final number of victims could be much higher than 60.
Representatives of the Russian Embassy in the United States said that they are ready to help the citizens of the Russian Federation who fell on the island during the fires. The diplomatic mission stressed that they are actively monitoring the situation.
before in china evacuated 200 thousand people due to typhoon.