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They go together usually.

Your comment seems woefully out of touch given what happened in Hawaii. Water was not denied because "saving lives was more important than saving houses". ~1000 people burned to death and the fire department requested more water to help fight the fire and they were put off for 5 hours, by which time the pipes that could transport the water were ruined.

Has it really killed that many people? I thought it was only 100+ but maybe the nearly 900 missing person are presumed dead now?

I guess I'm making an assumption that the 850 or so missing people are dead. I don't know that, but unfortunately it seems like a safe assumption. Reporters who have managed to get near the affected area are saying that there are dead bodies lining the streets.

I truly hope my assumption is wrong and that those 800 people are safe, but it just doesn't seem likely to me given what we know.

Houses are tightly coupled to lives. Even if you escape the house, you might not survive the smoke inhalation from the surrounding trees.