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.

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

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.

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.

Vincent Ian Acosta was sentenced to 22 years in prison after a wrong-way crash in 2022 that killed three people, including Hunter Balberdi, a 19-year-old from Wailuku.

The Arizona Burn Foundation is providing accommodation in the Phoenix area for 20 family members of these six survivors.

Friday we got an update on the six burn victims recovery at the Arizona Burn Center. Doctors have started doing skin grafts and reconstruction.

The Aliamanu fireworks blast just after midnight on New Year’s, a mass casualty event, set new precedents in emergency health care response in Hawaii.

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

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 HONOLULU ...

Ogden, 18, Elaine Hunter Balberdi, 19, were on their way to see the sunrise at the Grand Canyon when they were killed in 2022