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Kirk Siegler

Lahaina wants closure. Authorities plead for patience

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Commander Frank Sebastian heads the federal Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

LAHAINA, Hawaii — In the burn zone of Lahaina, the search and recovery effort continues in the wake of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than 100 years. The work is necessarily painstaking and slow, even as families still missing loved ones remain in anguish, waiting for answers.

Commander Frank Sebastian of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is leading a federal team of more than two dozen pathologists, forensic dentists and coroners who have mobilized here from around the U.S. to help the overwhelmed Maui County coroner's office.

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