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The lahaina area and behind me there are still a lot of really intense road blocks because right now tragically, there can still be more victims out there. and this morning, the governor of hawaii is now acknowledging there could be any number of children among the missing. >> deaths possible that's what we're sharing -- here internally that is possible that there will be many children because of the temperature of the fire -- remains of those who have died in some cases may be impossible to recover meaningfully. >> we got to tour some of the lahaina damage by boat on the ground right now ther...

Is being investigated. but he says that may not be the only reason that they weren't used. >> sirens were typically used for tsunamis or hurricanes. to my knowledge at least i never experienced them in use for fires. there may be some reasons for that. sometimes sirens send people up mountain and going up the mountain during a fire can be problematic. going up the mountain when there is a wave is what you have to do. >> and gloria paz me know is on maui with the latest. >> reporter: the search continues. as the death toll mounts, there is desperation in this devastated maui resort town. crews ...

To my knowledge, at least i never experienced them in use for fires. there may be some reasons for that. sometimes sirens send people up mountain and going up the mountain during a fire can be problematic. going up the mountain when there's a wave is what you have to do. >> cnn's bill weir, he is in maui, where fires are still burning despite -- just outside in fact the disaster zone. bill. >> reporter: this is the kula neighborhood in maui. we're several miles from the destruction in lahaina. and this is still an active fire zone. only about 60% of this upcountry fire has been contained and w...

This is really the first time the public at large is getting a look from the ground view at the devastation there. the devastation so vast only about a third of the fire zone has been searched by rescue crews. the governor said until now most of the remains were found along sea side road. today they will shift their focus to begin searching through homes. with that search they expect the death toll to continue to rise. it now stands at 106 people who were lost in the fire. just take a second and look at how damaged every single thing is, some of those buildings just turned to dust. there are s...

Every minute, resulting in this tragedy. >> with those kinds and 1,000-degree temperatures, ultimately, all of the pictures you see will be easy to understand. that level of destruction and a fire hurricane, something new to us in this age of global warming, was the ultimate reason that so many people perished. >> authorities say they don't know how many people are still missing. only 3% of the fire zone has been searched with cadaver dogs. officials are urging those with missing family members to contact authorities and coordinate dna testing for identification. officials say about 2,700 stru...