Only a fraction of the dozens of bodies so far recovered Maui wildfire victims have been identified, officials in Hawaii said this weekend.

The death toll for the blaze that devastated the historic town of Lahaina, as of press time, has risen to 93 victims — a grim number that could spike dramatically as hundreds of people are still feared to be missing while searches continue with the help of cadaver dogs.

So far, authorities have only said two deceased victims have been identified, a process complicated by a harrowing scene in which remains “fall apart” when they are picked up, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier explained during a press conference.

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“When we find our family and our friends, the remains that we’re finding is through a fire that melted metal,” Pelletier said. “We have to do rapid DNA to identify them.”

While the names of the two victims who have been identified have not yet been officially disclosed by authorities, the names of a local family of four who were found dead in a burned-out car were reported by Hawaii News Now.

“On behalf of our family, we bid aloha to our beloved parents, Faaso and Malui Fonua Tone, as well as our dear sister Salote Takafua and her son, Tony Takafua,” their extended family said in a statement. “The magnitude of our grief is indescribable, and their memories will forever remain etched in our hearts.”

Multiple blazes were reported across the Hawaiian island of Maui, but fatalities and mass destruction have only been attributed to the wildfire that swept through Lahaina on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The report said the cause of the fires is under investigation, but noted that they sparked during a dry summer and amid strong winds from a passing hurricane.

As divulged by Bloomberg, a group of lawyers suspect power lines might have ignited the fires, but the main supplier of energy Hawaiian Electric has so far stressed it did not have information on a cause as access to impacted area is “limited for safety and emergency response concerns.”

One issue in particular that has garnered headlines is how warning sirens on the island never sounded off as power and cell service cut out for many, prompting a review led by Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez into the emergency response.

Hundreds if not thousands of people displaced by the disaster have led to an effort to find housing for those who survived. President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration last week to unlock federal resources to assist with the recovery efforts.

Officials have estimated that thousands of structures were damaged or destroyed, resulting in billions of dollars in losses.

“This is the largest natural disaster we’ve ever experienced,” said Hawaii Governor Josh Green. “It’s going to also be a natural disaster that’s going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from.”

Two pilots ejected from a MiG-23 jet during an air show in Michigan on Sunday, shortly before an explosion occurred in mid-air that sent the aircraft crashing into several unoccupied parked vehicles in a nearby apartment complex.

Wayne County Airport Authority told local media the pilots crashed a MiG-23 demonstration plane into the parking lot at the Waverly on the Lake Apartments in the city of Belleville around 4:00 p.m. while performing at the Yankee Air Museum’s Thunder Over Michigan air show.

“The pilot and backseater successfully ejected from the aircraft before the crash,” Wayne County Airport Authority told Fox 2 Detroit. “While it did not appear they sustained any significant injuries, first responders transported the pair to a nearby hospital as a precaution.”

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Authorities reported the aircraft struck unoccupied vehicles in the apartment complex’s parking lot, and no one at the apartment complex nor the air show sustained any significant injuries.

Emergency crews rescued the pilots from Belleville Lake and transported them to a nearby hospital, according to The Detroit News.

Kevin McNamara, Van Buren Township supervisor, told WTOL11 one pilot ejected into the lake while the other landed in a tree, hurting the two “pretty bad,” but both “will be okay.”

McNamara said the jet slid about 100 yards near an apartment building after it initially crashed on an abandoned golf course.

“We’re a subdivision community,” he said. “It landed next to a lake. There are not very many empty properties next to lakes. This happens to be one of the rare properties there are. It’s a miracle.”

Although the cause remains unknown, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have reportedly stated both agencies would investigate and provide updates when available.

Thunder Over Michigan started roughly an hour before the incident occurred. Around 4:30 p.m., officials directed attendants to leave the airfield in a post on the event’s Facebook page.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a situation that requires us to stop the show,” the post reads. “Please make your way into your vehicles and calmly make your way out of the airfield.”

Before it began, president and CEO of the Yankee Air Museum, Kevin Walsh, reportedly said the event showcases 55 modern and vintage military planes from around the world.

Walsh, who has been coordinating the event for the last 25 years, said he hopes the show inspires people.

“Everyone that flies one of these planes went to an airshow as a kid, and it’s sensational,” he said. “How they feel, how they fly, how they smell and how they sound, it’s all about the experience.”

Mark McCulloch, 49, from Saline, told local media he witnessed the jet malfunctioning after another airshow attendant pointed toward the plane and said, “Oh my God.”

“I had my Nikon D-800 with a 600 mm lens — that’s what I saw,” McCulloch said. “I hope no one got hurt at the crash site. There was no loud noises or indication that I witnessed. Two engines blew out, you could see that, but I couldn’t hear it because the guy on the PA was talking next to us.”