The process is likely to take weeks to months – lengthy, yes, but one that has been sped up by recent advances in DNA technology honed during the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California.

Evidence, including DNA and items collected from crime scenes, dating back up to 30 years may have been destroyed in a 3-alarm fire that overtook a New York City Police Department storage facility ...

Maui officials have asked relatives to provide DNA samples to help identify victims of the Lahaina wildfires. Time and exposure to the elements, however, can make DNA retrieval from remains difficult.

Mundka fire: DNA profiles of four additional people, other than that of the 27 victims of the massive fire incident in Mundka in May, have been found by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).

The chief state medical examiner said Friday that the DNA of the two Hartford Circus Fire victims exhumed last October does not match the DNA of a granddaughter of Grace Fifield — one of the six ...

Due to the condition of Gardner's body from the fire, identification of Gardner required the coroner's office to use DNA ...

Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of victims challenging. In the aftermath of the wildfire that swept through Lahaina, Hawaii, officials are collecting DNA ...