Predicted death toll in Hawaii wildfires falls to 97

A man walks through wildfire wreckage in Lahaina, Hawaii on August 11(Rick Bowmer/AP

Authorities say the number of deaths in August’s wildfire in Hawaii has fallen to at least 97.

Officials had put the figure from the fires in Maui at 115, but that has been reduced to 97 after testing showed multiple DNA samples had been used from some of the victims.