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Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 102 after woman determined to have died from fire injuries
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The death toll from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century has risen to 102, authorities in Hawaii said Monday.
The death toll from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century has risen to 102, authorities in Hawaii said Monday.
Claudette Heermance, 68, died in hospice care in Honolulu on March 28 of injuries suffered in the fire which devastated the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui last year.
The Maui Police Department announced the death, citing information from the Honolulu medical examiner's office.
Heermance suffered burns on 20% of her body and her case was complicated by multiple other conditions, said Dr. Masahiko Kobayashi, the Honolulu medical examiner.
She was initially taken to Maui's hospital the day of the fire but was flown to Oahu the next day to be treated at the state's only burn unit. She entered hospice nearly four months later.
Other causes of death included cardiovascular disease, end-stage renal disease and pressure ulcers, said another official from the medical examiner’s office who refused to give her name.
The Aug. 8 wildfire was already the deadliest to hit the United States in over a century. The flames tore through the historic town of Lahaina, incinerating some 3,000 buildings and displacing 12,000 residents.
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