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Maui fires: Hawaii governor promises to protect local landowners from opportunistic buyers as death toll surpasses 100
Homes consumed in recent wildfires are seen in Lahaina, Hawaii, Wednesday, August 16, 2023
HAWAII’S governor has promised to protect local landowners from being victimised by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from the wildfires as the death toll surpasses 100.
It came as the first names of people killed in the fires were released by officials on Wednesday as more than 1,000 people are estimated to still be missing.
Seventy-nine-year-old Buddy Jantoc’s body, a bass guitarist who played alongside Carlos Santana and George Benson, was discovered at his residence in a nursing home.
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