Translation of "wildfires" into Croatian

For days, the White House defended the president’s response to the wildfires without publicly addressing the apparent misunderstanding, even as the death toll climbed to 115, with more than 1,000 still missing. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/us/politics/biden-maui-wildfire-no-comment.html)

Bijela kuća danima je branila predsjednikovu reakciju na šumske požare bez javnog osvrtanja na očiti nesporazum, čak i kad se broj mrtvih popeo na 115, a više od 1000 se još uvijek smatra nestalima.