Tricia Nakamatsu, deputy attorney general, right, spoke at the governor’s office Monday during an update on the Jan. 1 fireworks explosion in Aliamanu. Also shown are Gov. Josh Green ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- There have been more calls to stop illegal fireworks, after the deadly Aliamanu explosion on New Year's Day. On Monday, Governor Josh Green announced a bill that would ...

The unit rapidly called for reinforcements, an official said, after it saw the scene early Wednesday: dozens of people injured by an explosion of illegal fireworks outside a home. Two women were ...

Honolulu mayor Rick Blangiardi said in a statement that the explosion was "caused by what appears to be illegal fireworks" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

Hawaii's illegal fireworks problem reached a tragic peak this New Year's when a series of explosions killed three women and injured over 20 people, including children. The blasts occurred when a ...

Each New Year’s Day, Honolulu officials publish a list of fireworks casualties from the night before, typically a litany of burns, shrapnel wounds or amputations. Sometimes there are deaths.

German officials have called for restrictions on illegal fireworks as well as harsher sentences for rioters attacking emergency workers after five people were killed, and dozens of civilians and ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The New Year’s Day fireworks explosion has left the community grieving and frustrated, but will the tragedy change Hawaii’s complicated relationship with fireworks?

A Deadly Accident Has Hawaii Officials Pleading for an End to Amateur Fireworks Shows HONOLULU (AP) — In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts ...

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office have identified two out of three victims that have died in the New Year’s Aliamanu fireworks explosion: Nelie Ibarra, 58, and Jennifer Van, 23.

When fireworks were lit in a neighborhood in Honolulu, the large display tipped over and was aimed at the onlookers. One woman died at the hospital and two died on scene, while others were injured ...