UPDATE
Jan 6, 2025 6:35 PM CST
A 3-year-old boy who died Monday was the fourth person to succumb to injuries from a massive explosion of fireworks on New Year's Eve at a Honolulu home. The blast killed three women and injured more than 20 people, many of whom have burns over most of their bodies, the AP reports. The US military flew six of the injured to Phoenix for treatment on Saturday because Hawaii's lone burn center doesn't have the capacity to care for all the victims. The six taken to Arizona are all in their 20s or 30s and have extensive burns, said Dr. Kevin Foster, director of the Arizona Burn Center. Each of the six is using a breathing tube, and most are in medically induced comas. Foster said they are all doing "very well" and have good vital signs. But it will be six months to a year before any are able to return to anything resembling a normal life.
Jan 1, 2025 1:45 PM CST
A New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood killed two people and injured 20 others, authorities say. The accident occurred just before midnight outside a home, the Honolulu Fire Department said in a statement. The neighborhood is near Honolulu's international airport and a joint US Air Force and Navy base, the AP reports. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, and the other 20 victims were transported to hospitals, according to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services.
The Honolulu Fire Department said it received a 911 call at 11:59pm, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports. "The first unit arrived on scene at 12:07am, at the same time as Emergency Medical Services, to find multiple people injured due to a fireworks explosion at the exterior of the residence," the department said. KHON2 reports that first responders were called to numerous other New Year's Eve fireworks incidents in the Honolulu area, including at least four in which people suffered traumatic hand or arm injuries.
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