At least 3 dead, multiple injured in massive New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in Hawaii

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-3-dead-multiple-injured-new-
years-eve-fireworks-explosion-rcna185947

At least three people are dead and two dozen are injured after a New
Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu residential neighborhood,
officials said.

The explosion occurred at a house 3 miles west of Fort Shafter, the
headquarters of U.S. Army Pacific. Videos posted to social media by
neighbors show a rapid series of bursts creating a blinding light next to
the house as fireworks erupted around the city just after midnight.

Honolulu police said the explosion occurred after someone lit an “aerial
cake” — a combination of multiple aerial firework cartridges that resemble
a sheet cake — that fell to the side and rocketed into crates of
additional caches of pyrotechnics, then erupted outward. Organic material
from people hit by the blast was found on windows across the street from
the epicenter.

Two women were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third died later at the
hospital, police said. Their identities have not yet been released.

“I’ve been in EMS for over 30 years and this is probably one of the worst
calls I’ve ever been on as far as just the immense tragedy and amount of
patients and severity of the injuries,” Dr. James Ireland, director of
Honolulu’s Department of Emergency Services, said at an early morning news
conference Wednesday.

Twenty-six people were taken to hospitals, many with significant burn
injuries. Sunny Johnson, paramedic supervisor for Honolulu Emergency
Medical Services, said at the early morning news conference — as fireworks
continued to go off in the background — that it was unclear how many
additional victims may have been injured and left before emergency
services arrived.

At a subsequent news conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Josh Green, a
physician, said it is “highly likely” that more people will die as their
lungs are burned out due to the incident.

“This incident is a painful reminder of the danger posed by illegal
fireworks, which put lives at risk, drain our first responder resources,
and disrupt our communities,” Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said. “Year
after year, a minority of individuals recklessly endanger us all. This is
absurd and unacceptable.”

Aerial fireworks require a pyrotechnic permit under Hawaiian state law.
However, only a small minority of attempts to prosecute those violating
fireworks restrictions result in guilty verdicts or pleas, and they
usually result in only minor fines, according to a Honolulu Civil Beat
analysis.

New Year’s Eve fireworks have a long history in Hawaii, where they are a
strong cultural tradition. For decades, lawmakers have struggled to quell
the widespread use of them across the state. A multiagency task force was
established in 2010 to curb illegal fireworks, which, in addition to
injuring people and pets and damaging property, had become a strain on
public safety agencies.

Dozens of people are injured every New Year’s Eve in fireworks-related
incidents across the state, although the number decreased from a high of
112 in 2009 to 42 in 2019, according to a Hawaiian legislative report that
year.

Five people were injured by fireworks during this year’s celebrations in
four other incidents in Oahu, NBC affiliate KHNL of Honolulu reported.

While acknowledging the sensitivity of restricting fireworks given the
cultural importance they have to some Hawaii residents, officials said the
deadly incident underlined the inherent risk. They also expressed
frustration that as emergency rescue workers worked at the scene
overnight, people were still shooting off fireworks four houses down.

Green said he would push to make it a felony to set off heavy or cake-like
fireworks, while cautioning that it was not possible to legislate the
danger away.

“We’ll do all that we can, but it’s going to have to be we as people
making that decision to not do it,” he said.
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Post by Leroy N. Soetoro
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-3-dead-multiple-injured-new-
years-eve-fireworks-explosion-rcna185947
At least three people are dead and two dozen are injured after a New
Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu residential neighborhood,
officials said.
The explosion occurred at a house 3 miles west of Fort Shafter, the
headquarters of U.S. Army Pacific. Videos posted to social media by
neighbors show a rapid series of bursts creating a blinding light next to
the house as fireworks erupted around the city just after midnight.
Honolulu police said the explosion occurred after someone lit an “aerial
cake” — a combination of multiple aerial firework cartridges that resemble
a sheet cake — that fell to the side and rocketed into crates of
additional caches of pyrotechnics, then erupted outward. Organic material
from people hit by the blast was found on windows across the street from
the epicenter.
Two women were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third died later at the
hospital, police said. Their identities have not yet been released.
“I’ve been in EMS for over 30 years and this is probably one of the worst
calls I’ve ever been on as far as just the immense tragedy and amount of
patients and severity of the injuries,” Dr. James Ireland, director of
Honolulu’s Department of Emergency Services, said at an early morning news
conference Wednesday.
Twenty-six people were taken to hospitals, many with significant burn
injuries. Sunny Johnson, paramedic supervisor for Honolulu Emergency
Medical Services, said at the early morning news conference — as fireworks
continued to go off in the background — that it was unclear how many
additional victims may have been injured and left before emergency
services arrived.
At a subsequent news conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Josh Green, a
physician, said it is “highly likely” that more people will die as their
lungs are burned out due to the incident.
“This incident is a painful reminder of the danger posed by illegal
fireworks, which put lives at risk, drain our first responder resources,
and disrupt our communities,” Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said. “Year
after year, a minority of individuals recklessly endanger us all. This is
absurd and unacceptable.”
Aerial fireworks require a pyrotechnic permit under Hawaiian state law.
However, only a small minority of attempts to prosecute those violating
fireworks restrictions result in guilty verdicts or pleas, and they
usually result in only minor fines, according to a Honolulu Civil Beat
analysis.
New Year’s Eve fireworks have a long history in Hawaii, where they are a
strong cultural tradition. For decades, lawmakers have struggled to quell
the widespread use of them across the state. A multiagency task force was
established in 2010 to curb illegal fireworks, which, in addition to
injuring people and pets and damaging property, had become a strain on
public safety agencies.
Dozens of people are injured every New Year’s Eve in fireworks-related
incidents across the state, although the number decreased from a high of
112 in 2009 to 42 in 2019, according to a Hawaiian legislative report that
year.
Five people were injured by fireworks during this year’s celebrations in
four other incidents in Oahu, NBC affiliate KHNL of Honolulu reported.
While acknowledging the sensitivity of restricting fireworks given the
cultural importance they have to some Hawaii residents, officials said the
deadly incident underlined the inherent risk. They also expressed
frustration that as emergency rescue workers worked at the scene
overnight, people were still shooting off fireworks four houses down.
Green said he would push to make it a felony to set off heavy or cake-like
fireworks, while cautioning that it was not possible to legislate the
danger away.
“We’ll do all that we can, but it’s going to have to be we as people
making that decision to not do it,” he said.

Democrats killing Democrats. That's always a positive any day.

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Post by Leroy N. Soetoro
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-3-dead-multiple-injured-new-
years-eve-fireworks-explosion-rcna185947
At least three people are dead and two dozen are injured after a New
Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu residential neighborhood,
officials said.
The explosion occurred at a house 3 miles west of Fort Shafter, the
headquarters of U.S. Army Pacific. Videos posted to social media by
neighbors show a rapid series of bursts creating a blinding light next to
the house as fireworks erupted around the city just after midnight.
Honolulu police said the explosion occurred after someone lit an “aerial
cake” — a combination of multiple aerial firework cartridges that resemble
a sheet cake — that fell to the side and rocketed into crates of
additional caches of pyrotechnics, then erupted outward. Organic material
from people hit by the blast was found on windows across the street from
the epicenter.
Two women were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third died later at the
hospital, police said. Their identities have not yet been released.
“I’ve been in EMS for over 30 years and this is probably one of the worst
calls I’ve ever been on as far as just the immense tragedy and amount of
patients and severity of the injuries,” Dr. James Ireland, director of
Honolulu’s Department of Emergency Services, said at an early morning news
conference Wednesday.
Twenty-six people were taken to hospitals, many with significant burn
injuries. Sunny Johnson, paramedic supervisor for Honolulu Emergency
Medical Services, said at the early morning news conference — as fireworks
continued to go off in the background — that it was unclear how many
additional victims may have been injured and left before emergency
services arrived.
At a subsequent news conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Josh Green, a
physician, said it is “highly likely” that more people will die as their
lungs are burned out due to the incident.
“This incident is a painful reminder of the danger posed by illegal
fireworks, which put lives at risk, drain our first responder resources,
and disrupt our communities,” Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said. “Year
after year, a minority of individuals recklessly endanger us all. This is
absurd and unacceptable.”
Aerial fireworks require a pyrotechnic permit under Hawaiian state law.
However, only a small minority of attempts to prosecute those violating
fireworks restrictions result in guilty verdicts or pleas, and they
usually result in only minor fines, according to a Honolulu Civil Beat
analysis.
New Year’s Eve fireworks have a long history in Hawaii, where they are a
strong cultural tradition. For decades, lawmakers have struggled to quell
the widespread use of them across the state. A multiagency task force was
established in 2010 to curb illegal fireworks, which, in addition to
injuring people and pets and damaging property, had become a strain on
public safety agencies.
Dozens of people are injured every New Year’s Eve in fireworks-related
incidents across the state, although the number decreased from a high of
112 in 2009 to 42 in 2019, according to a Hawaiian legislative report that
year.
Five people were injured by fireworks during this year’s celebrations in
four other incidents in Oahu, NBC affiliate KHNL of Honolulu reported.
While acknowledging the sensitivity of restricting fireworks given the
cultural importance they have to some Hawaii residents, officials said the
deadly incident underlined the inherent risk. They also expressed
frustration that as emergency rescue workers worked at the scene
overnight, people were still shooting off fireworks four houses down.
Green said he would push to make it a felony to set off heavy or cake-like
fireworks, while cautioning that it was not possible to legislate the
danger away.
“We’ll do all that we can, but it’s going to have to be we as people
making that decision to not do it,” he said.

Democrats killing Democrats. That's always a positive any day.