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.
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.
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.
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,
A 29-year-old man died from his injuries after he was one of six people flown to a hospital in Arizona for treatment earlier this month because Hawaii's only burn-care facility hit capacity
A 29-year-old man who died nearly a month after sustaining serious burns was among six victims recovering at the Arizona Burn Center.
A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New Year’s
A 29-year-old man who suffered severe burns from a NYE fireworks explosion in Honolulu has died. He was being treated 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.