HONOLULU—A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New Year’s that prompted Hawaii authorities to reevaluate how they enforce the state’s fireworks laws, police said Tuesday.
The 29-year-old man 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 with other patients from the same blast.
The Maricopa County medical examiner’s office identified him as Kevin Vallesteros. The office has not yet determined his cause and manner of death. Honolulu police said he died Tuesday morning….