"We have a difficult time on Maui and other rural areas getting enough water for houses, for our people, for any response," he said. Mr Green said there are people fighting over access to water to fight fires. There are people fighting over access to water to fight fires. Just three bodies have been identified so far and officials will start releasing names on Tuesday, according to Maui Police Chief John Pelletier, who renewed an appeal for families with missing relatives to provide DNA samples. "For those people who have walked into Lahaina because they really wanted to see, know that they're very likely walking on iwi,” he said at a news conference on Maui, using the Hawaiian word for "bones." Governor Josh Green said the search will take time and and asked for space to do it properly. The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina are already the deadliest in the US in more than a century, and the cause is still under investigation. The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 99 on Monday - a figure that is likely to increase as search crews comb neighbourhoods where flames moved a mile a minute. ITV News' Peter Smith has the latest as Hawaii Governor Josh Green said crews hope to find 10 to 20 bodies a day The wildfires have devastated an entire island.
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