One of the six patients hospitalized at a burn center in Arizona has died, officials confirmed Tuesday.Arizona’s Maricopa County identified the latest fatality as Kevin Vallesteros, 29. Honolulu police said he died at approximately 6:40 a.

A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New Year's, police said Tuesday. The 29-year-old man was one of six patients flown to a hospital in Arizona for treatment earlier this month because Hawaii's only burn care facility hit capacity with other patients

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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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,

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The latest victim was one of six patients flown to Arizona when the explosion out Hawaii's only burn care facility at capacity

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

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Almost one month after an explosion rocked an Aliamanu home a fifth person has died from their injuries. HPD reported a 29-year-old man died at the Arizona hospital where he was being treated for injuries from the incident.

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