The ATF is mainly a law enforcement entity, but fire investigators in the bureau often help local entities determine how wildfires started.
last week, claiming more than 100 lives, the Justice Department deployed federal emergency response teams to Hawaii to support the local response in determining the cause of the fires.
Federal investigators deployed to help the Maui Police Department's forces in the aftermath of the Hawaii wildfire.
In addition to the ATF investigators, 15 deputies from the U.S. Marshals Service were deployed to the island to assist with local law enforcement, a U.S. official told CBS News Friday.
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