One of the six people severely injured in a Hawaii fireworks explosion and flown to Phoenix for treatment has died.

Another person has died as a result of a fireworks blast in Hawaii that left over 20 people dead or wounded, according to authorities.

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.

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

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,

officials from the Arizona Burn Center – Valleywise Health said Friday at a press conference. The six are in their 20s and 30s and were injured in a New Year's Eve firework explosion in Honolulu that that left four people dead, including a 3-year-old boy.

A 29-year-old man who died nearly a month after sustaining serious burns was among six victims recovering at the Arizona Burn Center.

The Medical Examiner Office in Maricopa County identified the 29-year-old man who died from injuries connected to the Aliamanu explosion. Kevin Vallesteros was confirmed to have died on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. The cause and manner have not been released at this time.

Two GoFundMe pages named Kevin Vallesteros as the man who died on Jan. 28 while being treated in Phoenix for burns from a Hawaii fireworks explosion.

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