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Maui's emergency management chief has quit a day after defending his agency's failure to activate its alarm system in last week's fatal wildfire.
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Ohio Task Force 1, a special operations team that provides resources for search, rescue and recovery missions, will be activating in response to wildfires in Maui, Hawaii.
The firefighters are part of a federal task force known as Washington Task Force 1.
At least 99 people have been confirmed dead, making the Maui wildfires the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years.