Final victim of Maui fires identified six months later

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A previously unaccounted-for woman in Lahaina, Hawaii, was identified Saturday as the last of the Maui fire victims.

Lydia Coloma, 70, was identified by the location where her remains were found instead of DNA evidence. Coloma’s husband, sister, brother-in-law, niece, and nephew also died in the fire. Coloma hailed from the Ilocos Sur province in the Philippines.

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