A firework tipped over after being lit, igniting a deadly blast that killed three people and injured over 20 in Hawaii. The explosion occurred at a home, where authorities found piles of debris including bundles of blackened firework mortars. Officials are urging people to abandon their New Year's tradition of setting off fireworks and promise tougher penalties for illegal fireworks.
firework tipped over after being lit and ignited a fiery, shrapnel-studded blast that killed three people and injured more than 20 others, several of them critically.
The blast happened at a three-story home with a bottom-level carport. Piles of debris including bundles of blackened firework mortars could be seen in front of the house in Wednesday's daylight. Ambulance crews arrived but had to triage — separate and treat victims with the worst injuries first — several houses away because of parked cars and crowds on the streets, Honolulu Emergency Services Department Director Dr. Jim Ireland said.
“I’ve been in EMS over 30 years and this is probably one of the worst calls I’ve ever been on as far as the immense tragedy and amount of patients and severity of the injuries,” Ireland said in an earlier news conference.
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