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In one heartbreaking announcement after another, the loss of human life
continues to climb in the wake of the devastating inferno that swept through
Maui on August 8.

The fire claimed at least 111 lives as it raged burned though the historic town
of Lahaina, once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Maui officials said
Tuesday. That makes it one of the deadliest wildfires in history.

It is second only to a 1918 fire in Minnesota as the deadliest wildfire in the
United States since 1900. Even among the deadliest wildfires in world history
since 1900, on a list published by Statista, the Lahaina fire stands fifth.

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The island's death toll is expected to climb. As the grim search for victims
continues, Maui's police chief John Pelletier has pleaded with people to stay
out of the burned over areas in respect for the bodies of those who haven't yet
been recovered.





No one agency keeps track of the nation's deadliest wildfires. This unofficial
list comes from fact sheets published by the California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, the U.S. Forest
Service and the National Weather Service.



At least thirty wildfires across the U.S. have claimed at least five lives since
1900.

 * 453 deaths – Cloquet, Minnesota, October 1918
 * More than 100 deaths so far – Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, August 2023
 * 86 deaths – Great Fire of 1910, Montana, Idaho
 * 85 deaths – Camp, California, November 2018
 * 38 deaths – Yacolt Burn, Washington, September 1902
 * 29 deaths – Griffith Park, California, October 1933
 * 25 deaths – Tunnel, Oakland Hills, California, October 1991
 * 22 deaths – Tubbs California, October 2017
 * 19 deaths – Yarnell Arizona, June 2013
 * 15 deaths – North Complex, California, August 2020
 * 15 deaths – Cedar California, October 2003
 * 15 deaths – Rattlesnake California, July 1953
 * 15 deaths – Blackwater Wyoming, August 1938
 * 14 deaths – South Canyon, Colorado, July 1994
 * 13 deaths – Mann Gulch, Helena Montana, August 1949
 * 12 deaths – Loop California, November 1966
 * 11 deaths – Hauser Creek California, October 1943
 * 11 deaths – Inaja California, November 1956
 * 10 deaths – Iron Alps Complex, California, August 2008

One other notable fire event in history was a series of fires across Maine in
1947. The fires claimed a total of 16 lives.


HOW MANY DEATHS IN MAUI FIRE?

The known death toll as of Thursday morning was 111 dead, but search teams had
only been through a portion of the area incinerated in the Lahaina wildfire.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has said the toll could exceed 200.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: As death toll in Maui fire rises,
here's how it compares to the deadliest fires in the US




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At least 10 people have died after a charter plane crashed onto an expressway
north of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

The plane, carrying six passengers and two flight crew, departed from Langkawi
International Airport and was headed to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, the
Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said in a statement.

“First contact made by the aircraft with Subang Air Traffic Control Tower was at
2.47 p.m. [local time (2.47 a.m. ET)] and landing clearance was given at
2:48pm,” according to the statement. At 2.51 p.m. local time, the “Control Tower
observed smoke originating from the crash site but no mayday call was made by
the aircraft,” the statement added.





The plane crashed into a car and a motorcycle, each carrying one individual,
reported state newspaper Berita Harian, citing Selangor Police Head Hussein Omar
Khan.

“Forensic personnel are in the process of collecting the remains and will bring
them to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for a post-mortem
examination and identification process,” Khan said, according to the state
newspaper, adding that the Ministry of Transport will conduct an investigation.

Videos and images of the scene taken by Malaysian media showed a burnt section
of the highway cordoned off, with smoke in the air.




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