Local residents have also reported hearing fireworks in the area shortly before the New Year’s blaze began. One witness told The Washington Post that the fire was “started by idiots” who ignored the ...

The Attorney General of Hawaii is putting together new legislation that will provide harsher penalties and make it easier to prosecute anyone who imports, sells, buys or uses illegal fireworks. The ...

Repeat fireworks offenders also would be subject ... for legal importation, storage, wholesale and retail sales. Along with firecracker permits, that brought in $411,000 of the total.

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 City of Toronto hosts an annual New Year Eve’s celebration featuring a variety of family-friendly entertainment. Sign up for the Celebrate Toronto eNewsletter to receive email updates about ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Phoenix doctors are stepping up to help overwhelmed hospitals in Hawaii after the deadly New Year’s fireworks explosion. At least three people were killed and 20 more were ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Six individuals with severe burn injuries from the massive Aliamanu fireworks explosion are now on the mainland for further treatment. They were flown to a specialized ...

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 ...

The third victim of the fatal New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in Hawaii has been identified by the Honolulu medical examiner as Jennifer Van. The 23-year-old was killed alongside two ...

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 ...