The illegal firework explosion that took place in Aliamanu, Hawaii, also known as Salt Lake, has left five people dead and two arrested.

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 patients flown to a hospital in Arizona for treatment earlier this month because Hawaii's only burn care facility hit capacity with other patients

A 29-year-old man injured Jan. 1 when a cache of illegal aerial fireworks detonated in Honolulu died at a hospital in Arizona Tuesday morning.

Almost one month after an explosion rocked an Aliamanu home a fifth person has died from their injuries. HPD reported a 29-year-old man died at the Arizona hospital where he was being treated for injuries from the incident.

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.

This story has been updated to include the victim’s name. A 29-year-old man is the fifth person to die from the fireworks explosion in a Honolulu neighborhood on New Year’s Eve. The man, identified by Maricopa County officials as 29-year-old Kevin Vallesteros,

One of the six patients hospitalized at a burn center in Arizona has died, officials said on Tuesday. That raises the death toll in the New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in Aliamanu, Hawaii to five.