A New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in Honolulu has resulted in three deaths and 20 injuries, with several victims suffering severe burns requiring treatment in Arizona. The tragedy has prompted calls for stricter enforcement against the state's illegal fireworks trade.
Authorities say three people are dead and 20 others injured in a New Year's fireworks explosion in a Honolulu -area neighborhood. A 3-year-old boy who died Monday was the fourth person to succumb to injuries from a massive explosion of fireworks on New Year's Eve at a Honolulu home, and a doctor said six others faced long recoveries in Arizona where they were sent to be treated for severe burns. The explosion injured more than 20 people, many of whom have burns over most of their bodies. The U.
S. military flew six of the injured to Phoenix for treatment on Saturday because Hawaii's lone burn center doesn't have enough capacity to care for all the victims. After the disaster, Hawaii's leaders intensified their oft-repeated calls to crack down on the state's vast illegal fireworks trade with stepped-up enforcement and greater penalties. The six taken to Arizona are all in their 20s or 30s and have extensive burns, Dr. Kevin Foster, the director of the Arizona Burn Center, said at a news conference streamed online. The person with the least has burns over 45% of their body while the most has burns over nearly 80% of their body. Each of the six is using a breathing tube and most are in medically induced comas. Foster said they are all doing 'very well' and have good vital signs. But it will be six months to a year before any are able to return to anything resembling a normal life, Foster said. Four patients will likely have to remain intubated and in a coma for months, he said. The patients will likely suffer post-traumatic stress disorder, Foster said, adding the burn center has two full-time psychologists and a psychiatrist hospital on staff to help them. 'There's something uniquely and particularly horrifying about being burned, especially from this type of injury,' Foster said. 'And we anticipate that all of these patients are going to have some adjustment issue
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