A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New Year's, police said Tuesday. The 29-year-old man was one of six people flown to a hospital in Arizona for treatment earlier this month because Hawaii's only burn care facility hit capacity with other patients

A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New Year’s.

The 29-year-old man had been flown to hospital in Arizona following the explosion, which also killed a three-year-old boy and three women.

Another person has died as a result of a fireworks blast in Hawaii that left over 20 people dead or wounded, according to authorities.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - One of the six patients being hospitalized at a burn center in Arizona has died, officials said on Tuesday. This raises the death toll in the Aliamanu fireworks explosion to 5. Honolulu police said a 29-year-old man died at approximately 6:40 a.m. HST at an Arizona hospital.

Carmelita Benigno, 61, Nelie Ibarra, 58, and Jennifer Van, 23, died in the blast at a Keaka Drive house party at 12:01 a.m. New Year’s Day. Cassius Ramos-­Benigno, 3, died Jan. 6 at the hospital.

HPD confirms the fifth death connected to the Aliamanu fireworks explosion incident; a 29-year-old dies at an Arizona hospital on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

Even though all six patients are still intubated and in a medically induced coma, they are “all on course” to recovery, said the Arizona Burn Center.

Two people arrested in connection to the fatal New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in Aliamanu were released Saturday while police continue their investigation.

A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at an Āliamanu home over New Year’s Eve.

Some wounds suffered by six Hawaii residents flown to Arizona for medical treatment after a deadly illegal fireworks explosion on New Year’s are comparable to battlefield injuries

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