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

Arizona’s Maricopa County identified the latest fatality as Kevin Vallesteros, 29. Honolulu police said he died at approximately 6:40 a.m. HST. This raises the death toll in the Aliamanu fireworks explosion to five.

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 29-year-old man had been flown to hospital in Arizona following the explosion, which also killed a three-year-old boy and three women.

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.

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.

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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