There is no single, up-to-date official number publicly stating exactly how many people are still missing from the Maui wildfires as of mid‑February 2026, but all recent indications are that the list of unaccounted-for people has been reduced to a relatively small number compared with the hundreds initially reported in 2023.

What the early numbers looked like

  • Shortly after the Lahaina wildfire in August 2023, officials spoke about more than 1,000 people potentially unaccounted for.
  • Maui County later released a formal list of 388 names of people unaccounted for, which became the main public reference point.
  • Within a day of that list going public, over 100 of those people or their relatives contacted authorities to confirm they were safe, and the list began shrinking quickly.

How the list changed over time

  • The initial 388-name list was described as a working list that would be “scrubbed” as duplicate entries, misspellings, and already-located people were removed.
  • Federal and local agencies asked families to provide DNA and additional information so they could identify remains and clear names from the list faster.
  • As people checked in and remains were identified, officials repeatedly emphasized that the number of people still unaccounted for was dropping from the early hundreds toward a much lower figure.

Why you don’t see a simple current number

  • Recent public updates and local news from Maui in 2025–2026 focus on individual missing‑person cases (for example, specific residents reported missing and later found safe), not on a large, ongoing wildfire “missing list.”
  • Hawaii and Maui websites still track ordinary missing‑person reports statewide, but they are not presented as “still missing from the Maui fire” statistics.
  • Because of privacy concerns, data cleanup issues, and the small number of remaining unresolved cases, officials have not consistently published a running, precise “as of today” tally for wildfire‑related missing persons in 2025–2026.

How to interpret the latest situation

  • All available public information shows that the large lists from 2023 (hundreds of unaccounted-for people) have been reduced dramatically as people were located or identified.
  • The remaining cases appear to be treated as individual missing‑person investigations rather than one big wildfire list, which suggests the number of people still missing specifically from the fire is now comparatively small, though not publicly pinned to an exact figure.

If you need the most precise possible number for legal or family reasons, the best step is to contact Maui County or the Maui Police Department directly, since they handle the most current, case-by-case status of any unresolved missing persons.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.