Hawaii authorities are asking lawmakers for money to hire eight people and pay for a $2 million expansion of a forensic lab to crack down on the rampant smuggling of illegal fireworks

State officials have released information on an upcoming illegal fireworks amnesty program. Officials from the State Department of Law Enforcement, Attorney General’s Office, Honolulu police and more will team up on Saturday,

A report submitted to the Hawaiʻi Legislature Friday concludes that illegal fireworks are being smuggled into the state by sea and air on a year-round and possibly daily basis. It’s sustained by a flourishing and well-established black market that local law enforcement has found difficult to disrupt and dismantle.

A 3-year-old boy has died of injuries in the massive explosion of fireworks at a home in Honolulu on New Year's Eve.

A woman who died in the New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion on Keaka Drive was identified Tuesday as 61-year-old Carmelita Benigno, according to the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office. Officials previously said the other victims were 23-year-old Jennifer Van, 58-year-old Nelie Ibarra and 3-year-old Cassius Ramos-Benigno.

A three-year-old boy has died after a New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in Honolulu, Hawaii. The blast killed three women and left at least 20 people injured