As Hawaiʻi prepares to ring in 2026, many residents in Aliamanu are reflecting on the tragic fireworks explosion that killed six people on New Year's Eve 2025.

New fireworks laws are key to ending their illegal use, officials assert. Among them, one new law allows police to issue $300 civil citations for unpermitted fireworks possession or use.

It’s rare to hear any fireworks in the Āliamanu neighborhood after the devastating New Year’s explosion that killed six ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighborhood in the months after a chain of blasts at a house party last New Year’s Eve led to the deaths ...

Attorneys representing families of the Esparto fireworks explosion victims says they will take the first step to sue the government over the July 1 explosion that killed seven workers at a warehouse ...

This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement shows seized illegal fireworks stored in a bunker in Waipahu, Hawaii, on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighborhood in the months after a chain of blasts at a house party last New Year's Eve led to the deaths ...