The fatalities included a 58-year-old man who was swept away by La Plata River behind his home in Comerío, and a 70-year-old man who died in a fire after attempting to fill his generator with gasoline in Arecibo, according to officials.
Puerto Rico's government, after initially saying only 64 people died as a result of Maria, later placed the death toll at nearly 3,000 -- making it one of the deadliest hurricanes in US history.
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