Many of the fatalities will be children who were at home because they canceled school, parents were working, and were not there to evacuate the children. The children had no idea they needed to leave and by the time they noticed their homes or apartments were on fire, it was too late.
From the tweet by tweety51A (under this thread):
This is terrible
Heartbreaking. So tragic. I think this was a sacrifice and a land grab. Those poor people.