4 dead, many injured in firework-related calls on Oahu

[@whereisyourhumanity7557]

Oh, the family is asking for privacy....but THEY were OK with destroying their neighbors' peace and privacy with their overblown ego-driving pyromaniacal display.

[@oleksiyteselkin]

brats

[@stonewallis4373]

😅

[@SURROUNDEDbySmoothBRAINS]

@@whereisyourhumanity7557 REEEEEEEEEEEEE HARDEE

[@krp2nyte]

No privacy. Dudes likely made alot of noise over the past months disturbing the peace.

[@pickles9440]

Just spent my first new years outside of Hawaii in over 40 years. It was a peaceful night. So sad to hear about what has happened. Life is precious.

[@roaddogrichard]

Asking for privacy after having $10,000 worth of fireworks in your house and set them off? Say what?

[@SURROUNDEDbySmoothBRAINS]

Doing dirt = paydirt! It's Hawaii bruh!!

[@john-dextertecson3688]

yep

[@rastahoepner8634]

Where the receipts? Hawaii so expensive

[@lesliepropheter5040]

Not everyone in the house agrees with what was going on. Usually the women are the ones who are the most worried for their family and kids but have no say in the matter. The renters and the family can only go to someone else’s house or to a hotel when this happens every year to their home, they have no peace to rest and sleep so they leave for the night.

[@OperationHawaiiana]

yeah, they ask for privacy because disrespectful people are coming around trynna get a peak inside cause "all dat kines stuff went happen hear" have respect, it was an accident, preventable, but not expected.

[@MsArtistwannabe]

Who can afford to even buy that many fireworks.

[@Prod.F3d]

Some random rich family

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

Easy..

[@michaelmally7288]

About half the island

[@deepdarkcocoa7956]

Foreal. Why would anyone want to buy that much? I've never seen anything like this.

[@ronski50]

Distributors or re-salers

[@mikecappa1094]

Stupid knows no boundaries. 'lets get thousands of explosives and get drunk'! What could go wrong !?

[@tedpallas6169]

Exactly 💯

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

No longer paradise. That bad folks ruin everything for the good folks

[@SURROUNDEDbySmoothBRAINS]

Bad? Or just plain dumb?

[@whereisyourhumanity7557]

@@SURROUNDEDbySmoothBRAINS Apes. Apes with fire and gunpowder.

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

That’s the way it always is: The bad SPOIL IT FOR EVERYBODY - EVERYBODY suffer bcz of those who break the law.

[@Ichigo94-u5j]

Nope it’s been ALWAYS a Hawai’i tradition.

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

@@SURROUNDEDbySmoothBRAINS whole bunch of variables why.

[@starletatheart]

I live in Honolulu, and for those of us who live right by where most of them go off - it's AWFUL. Fireworks are neat for 20-30 minutes, but in Honolulu it's literally 8+ hours of continuous extremely loud booms in every direction. For animals and people with anxiety, it's absolutely terrible. I couldn't sleep that night because my heart was pounding and had a severe migraine the next day. My husband and I spent that evening comforting our terrified dog and cleaning up his diarrhea, because he refused to go outside. If you don't live here, you have absolutely no idea how insane the fireworks really are here. It's absolutely out of control.

[@月影CHR]

😂bro scared by fireworks

[@Islandgirl-p7h]

Exactly even on maui 8 to 9 hours people blowing those bombs fireworks 😮

[@Islandgirl-p7h]

@CindyNewburg I'm so sorry 😞 poor cats and dogs and other animals like birds and chickens too 😢 and little infants babies what they have to endure on those holidays and on 4th of July too. And everybody have to endure with that loud bombs going off 😒☹️😮😡

[@Ichigo94-u5j]

Hawaii tradition 👌🏻

[@lindah.1104]

@@Ichigo94-u5jCannibalism use to be a tradition in some cultures, owning slaves in other cultures. Time to leave some traditions behind.

[@joephillips7612]

Aren’t powerful kind fireworks illegal in Hawaii? It takes organized crime to import all those and local corruption enables that. Same old story.

[@28th_St_Air]

It’s unbelievable that there are people out there who think that it is acceptable to light off fireworks of that caliber in a residential neighborhood.

[@jodo7814]

Hopefully they get sued. Imagine your kid was there!

[@SantanaBinks]

They’re literally sold and lit off in residential neighborhoods all over this country. Having a large cache that isn’t in a compliance with storage laws is the issue.

[@28th_St_Air]

@@SantanaBinks maybe where you live it’s legal for people light off explosives and aerial fireworks in residential areas, but not in CA. Even still, there’s always some a-hole who thinks it’s funny to light off explosives at random hours just to f with people.

[@7betJesus]

LiFe SuPpOrT

[@marymartin4266]

The one thing not mentioned is what criminal charges will be brought against those who purchased the fireworks. M ur der? negligence, illegal possession of explos ives? After all, several lives were taken, as well as the livelihoods of those burned severely.

[@erinn1730]

I hate fireworks and what they’ve done to people. So devastating. In addition to all the animals.

[@Dave-ul8px]

Fireworks are safe don't be an idiot.

[@robert48044]

I hate your take

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

You must have had a crappy childhood to hate fireworks.

[@eaziyscoredgammerboy5985]

Where’s the spirit?

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

Fireworks have caused some problems, but they've also provided joy to millions of individuals across the globe.

[@nd4utube]

Very hard lesson . Senseless tragedy.

[@TheJayCoconut]

Organized crime. Someone at the docks is letting these fireworks in.

[@rastahoepner8634]

Government

[@youngmafi5609]

Matson and pasha

[@user-bp1oj8nr8l]

It’s the dock workers 100%. These guys are getting a piece of the action and have been for years. There needs to be a federal investigation.

[@bamslerc]

Time to get rid of fireworks. Some places have done so already. We don’t need them. I live, thankfully, where there aren’t any. Downright peaceful it is.

[@Dave-ul8px]

Speak for yourself. Fireworks are safe unless you're an idiot.

[@ivanv9466]

Stop crying 😢😂

[@qaaronrodgers2479]

Ahh shetup

[@whereisyourhumanity7557]

They are totally unnecessary.

[@whereisyourhumanity7557]

@@ivanv9466 Stop whining.

[@Rainbow-love-hope-shine]

My heart goes out to all the victims and everybody involved in this horrible accident. Sending love

[@whereisyourhumanity7557]

Is it really an accident, when they chose to spend money and buy the incendiaries, chose to bring them home, and deliberately chose to light them around children and innocent bystanders?

[@Rainbow-love-hope-shine]

@ I have no idea what went wrong with this incident. Just came across this. Were they black market fire works? I live in Wa state and wealthy people send that much money on fire works all the time. We light them off on our properties but I live in the country on a lake not the city.

[@Rainbow-love-hope-shine]

@ I don't think somebody throwing a party and spending a bunch of money on fireworks for everybody to enjoy would mean that day intentionally blew up the neighborhood and killing a bunch of their friends or family members

[@lindah.1104]

@@Rainbow-love-hope-shine not intentionally, but surely carelessly.

[@summerq1978]

Same.

[@TheRb0975]

I feel sorry for the pets that were scared of the loud noises.

[@Islandgirl-p7h]

My neighbors cat didn't come home because people was burning fireworks before the time.

[@Gryphon999]

Plenty of alcohol too

[@stephencurryg.o.a.t1637]

priced out of paradise until its time to buy lifted yotas and $10000 dollars worth of fireworks

[@SURROUNDEDbySmoothBRAINS]

😂

[@7betJesus]

oN LiFe SuPpOrT

[@AsianCultureMediaAlliance]

I was visiting in a neighborhood south of Honolulu in Y2K when the streets looked like a war zone going off with fireworks. No one seemed to care a thing about safety. Surprised no one was injured then, so it doesn’t surprise me to see in happening again there.

[@7betJesus]

most Hawaiians lack the ability to think about consequences 🙃

[@wizzytrukinesigrah5972]

Say Goodbye ... To fireworks in Hawaii ..

[@whereisyourhumanity7557]

OK by me. Here in Kona the fumes blow up the side of the mauna and pollute the coffee farms, get into the house and stay there. The Purple Air stations go crazy with the pollution spikes on the air quality recording.

[@danielebrparish4271]

I don't think so. Usually it's the people who have the fireworks that are killed, injured or have property damage. Similar things happen to people who have access to a firearm including earning a sentence of life or decades in prison. Compared to that fireworks tragedies are minor.

[@garagespooky8193]

This won’t do anything

[@DebbeDs]

@@whereisyourhumanity7557I couldn’t breathe on New Years because it was like a war zone. I had to spend 600+ for a hotel on a high floor. It’s so out of hand there. I had a peaceful night where I am now.

[@Ichigo94-u5j]

@@wizzytrukinesigrah5972 Nawh still coming 😂😂

[@sundragon7703]

Darwin award nominee. In the US, certified professionals make those types of fireworks in an array of little huts in the middle of nowhere to minimize the havoc if things went wrong...not in a house inside of a city.

[@GG-lr7vs]

On NYE we just ring a bell at home at midnight. We stay with our pets comforting them because they are terrified by fireworks going off in the neighborhood.

[@FrancineSmith-n5r]

It's sad, they were doing wayyyy too much and didn't have caution taken 😢, heartbreaking the adults failed

[@WonkyWomanLife]

Cannot feel sorry,for stupidly. Sad innocent ppl,were hurt

[@clydeletreta6325]

Laws are passed but not enforced, same old story. Condolences to the ohanas involved...prayers for all❤🙏

[@fraymond3]

Ali'iManu, always been like that over there.

[@BajatheChickenMan]

American Society is very reactionary.

[@darnelllorenz8492]

Condolences but this has nothing to do w law enforcement. Terrible parenting, who would put a child in such a dangerous environment. Idiotic, praying for that child.

[@clydeletreta6325]

@darnelllorenz8492 people are breaking the law by purchasing these illegal fireworks that are being brought in through our port in Honolulu and passed through by people whos pockets are getting filled with money. They doing this maybe throughout the year....and now they'll be pointing fingers at each other when ATF starts investigating. Isn't that breaking the law? Again, condolences to all ohanas involved 🙏🙏🙏

[@danielebrparish4271]

Fireworks enforce themselves. These people are responsible for the massive damages to the home and the deaths and severe injuries of people they love. This will give them nightmares for years and will affect them for the rest of their lives. There is the possibility that this may not be covered by their homeowner's policy and they will probably be bankrupted by the legal fees they will have to pay to defend themselves in criminal court then in the law suits that are sure to follow.

[@bc1016]

My friend got hurt and had to go to the hospital for burns by a rouge firework from the neighbor, they were doing a bunch of fireworks on their lawn, and they didn't even bother to come over to apologize and check on him. People who do these types of fireworks are simply a bunch of morons.

[@DonVideoGuy007]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@Ichigo94-u5j]

Yups . That’s the reason why Hawai’i can’t have nice things. Who in the right state of mind light all them at the same time? Ruining it for everyone 🤦🏼‍♂️ .

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

Nothing stupid about this..

[@Ichigo94-u5j]

@@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi wow! you must be fun at parties

[@jodo7814]

@@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi Perhaps you prefer the term “reeetardeddd”

[@cardinalstar2048]

Imagine the dogs and cats caught in the middle of human mistake chaos ☹️

[@kjh5317]

So sad. Praying for the victims.

[@iamgabriel5823]

Nobody cares what josh green has to say.

[@mikethompson3534]

Yes they can afford to buy thousands of dollars worth of fireworks but every one has to live in the same house because those individuals can’t afford to move out on their own (Idiots) I feel bad that 3 people died but whoever in that house who decided to store that much illegal fireworks there should be charged with a criminal endangerment of the public safety, hope you learned your lesson, You want privacy but you could have killed many more innocent people living next to you and you ask for privacy. You should be ashamed of yourself

[@douglaspinsak1246]

I’ve lived on all 4 of the major islands; I live on Kauai currently. I love the fireworks out here, but people need to be safe and smart.

[@stephanieallangarman5598]

Condolences to their loved ones and community. 😢❤️‍🩹🙏🏽

[@DavidAlan-z4g]

Nothing out of the ordinary in Hawaii .

[@donaldduncan7095]

Fireworks on July 4th and New Years are "Lemming" behavior. Every year we hear stories of death and lost fingers all in the name of TEMPORARILY hearing things go BOOM!

[@limitless5356]

Hmm. Curious what species you belong to.. I don't pop fireworks on July 4th and New Years btw.

[@fraymond3]

Ahhhhh shadup you....

[@mariebussinger6565]

And Christmas...why?

[@robert48044]

go hide with the dogs then

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

By that standard everything you do every single day is lemming behavior. Do you go to work? Do you eat breakfast? Gosh you're following the crowd!

[@flfine]

Sending prayers to the victims of the preventable incident.

[@angelitocalderon9400]

That’s not fireworks anymore that’s Dynamite.

[@surgem6089]

That’s insane

[@War-Wizard]

I imagine a lawsuit. How's insurance expected to cover this?

[@jasestrickland1704]

If they had expendable cash enough to buy $10k worth of fireworks and took the risk of buying illegals, what should anyone care how of if insurance will pay for this? These people took the risks, they obviously have lots of money to burn. After finding evidence of illegal fireworks, insurance isn’t going to pay off anything. Probably not even their medical, which is the worst part.

[@JoBiatch]

A lawsuit? Try 50. The homeowner is in a world of 💩.

[@mikethompson3534]

Are you kidding me their homeowners insurance will drop them like a rock

[@cindy96707]

@@War-Wizard they just blame the state for shipping to Hawai’i .. They will says no warning label saying the illegal fireworks maybe cause death or body injuries..

[@abelincoln3261]

A terrible tragedy for sure on every level. Sad to say... someone is going to prison over this.. and maybe they should. Lives lost... accountability is warranted.

[@jasestrickland1704]

Who? The Chinese company that made them? The importer who smuggled them in? The vendor at the store or kiosk who was probably paid cash *with no record of existing transaction?* The person who decided to fire them off at his house? The families that pooled their money to purchase them? The adults who decided to take children to such a high risk event? The person who actually lit them?

[@whereisyourhumanity7557]

@@jasestrickland1704 Yes. Starting with your sentence "The person...." and through to the end of your paragraph.

[@YM-zz5qq]

The house owners who should have had the knowledge and control over the situation. This should have been a supervised event by whoever owned the house, period.

[@mikethompson3534]

No one is going to prison this is Hawaii and a democrat state,he or she will be charged with a misdemeanor

[@ashleynricky6771]

Guys stop hating show love not hate

[@deborahhenderson149]

They could bring in new regulations and have only organised legal firework displays around the towns. Much safer for the citizens and animals. What a tragedy!

[@YM-zz5qq]

That's the way things USED to be, on the mainland at least, decades ago

[@mikethompson3534]

No way don’t forget this is a democrat state and politicians will be paid to look the other way

[@gerryrojas4663]

I can't imagine all the severe criminal charges, civil lawsuits, exorbitant hospitals bills, public fines, all the bills & lawsuits from their neighbor's houses & car & medical insurances companies. That family of that house is done for life in all aspect including whatever physical & metal trauma they got.

[@NIN_O13]

You can always judges a person intelligence by how much they like fireworks…completely preventable if anyone there had even a shred of common sense

[@YM-zz5qq]

It's an ego-driven competition, with little to no concern for others welfare.

[@Shaeboii]

Wonder why it’s banned, condolences to them but I grew up loving fireworks waiting for New Year’s Eve but stuff like this is why it’s banned. People have to be cautious when lighting, just a small little cake tipping over can turn into bad things.

[@travelnomad2128]

Personal responsibility! The govt & police cannot stop everyone! Hope this tragedy serves as a lesson to all!

[@landonscribner8033]

Prayers to the families

[@EagleSpirit2825]

So what I'm gathering from what little I've heard, is that someone from that residence lit some fireworks outside of the garage but part of it flew into the garage where the enormous stash of unlit fireworks were & caused everything to blow up at once..am I right? I heard that a 3 yo was flown to the mainland, as well as a few adults. Praying for all, especially the kids. 🙏 💔

[@JessicaGarciaj]

I hope that young man that grabbed the boy and the other victims/ witnesses seek mental health support. That level of trauma can stay with you, seeing things you're not able to mentally process, especially if explosives/shrapnel is involved. Peace be with the families

[@Kiyoone]

"Tragedy" is when people does not have control of what happened... Those people had!! 🤣😂 *HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS*

[@jasestrickland1704]

That’s not true. Crimes are not considered accidents yet they are defined in the dictionary, as “tragedies.”

[@YM-zz5qq]

Tragedy for any victims who were unaware of the stockpile,

[@tedpallas6169]

Can't fix stupid

[@BlueKnievel360]

Where did they get the illegal aerials, that’s where the investigation should start!

[@jasestrickland1704]

China manufacturers, then smuggled in by importers, sold by shops with vendors who will take cash under the counter so as not to leave a paper trail. Some of the sales are done at pop up kiosks and even personal to person. Finding the direct source, I doubt they’ll ever be able to do. I’m not certain the next sentence is true but I heard something about these explosives were put together and homemade or adjusted to create louder booms and/or had live rounds mixed into the devices.

[@TaylorTaylor-m1x]

How Horrifying!

[@LaughterandJesus]

I never liked fireworks. It sounds like gunshots and bombs

[@Halepuna-q1i]

City, county and police departments should be the blame for all these problems. Pearl city is worse this year. Everything happened right around the pearl city police station but they didn’t do anything

[@kapenahill-el3gz]

So it’s the police not the idiots who buy and set off the illegal fireworks? Sounds like something someone with one brain cell would say. I agree that there needs to be enforcement but the blame is on the idiots who purchased and used it, not the police.

[@A3Kr0n]

Keep being awesome people!

[@jeepguy4499]

How many arrested?!?!?

[@williamhenry9705]

With all their moving parts fireworks are complicated for some folx.

[@jasestrickland1704]

Especially if they are combined, tied together, refashioned with only a homemade level of proficiency. These were not ordinary store bought fireworks. They included illegal bombs.

[@DamProblems]

I live on the island and this was just on the other side off the mountain that I was on when watching the fireworks

[@speakthewordbiblestudy]

Where are arrests for the illegal fireworks?

[@johnalberti8412]

I never buy fireworks..big waste of money .only fools burn money

[@edjeep]

now, comes the medical bills, sue jobs. I would!

[@Noelbluesky]

Completely agree! We banged on pots when I was a kid. It was just as thrilling. (dating myself here)

[@trvman1]

yep and those who give money to politicians, no matter what party.

[@Dave-ul8px]

What you waste your money on?

[@sherrydesantis3437]

How did they purchase & get that kind of fireworks & spend this amount in a residential area!

[@howardloewen1834]

So glad my wife and I left Oahu in 2008

[@cnote459]

This is scary because I am not from Hawaii but from Micronesia even Polynesians, Australians New Zealand’s all these areas and all over the world with similar common sense knows that something will happen bad but we all kept safety first. This situation is out of control , we don’t even know what other families or my coworkers or anyone I see some days random days would do and could happen . All I know is God is good and we all are stuck in our carnality.😢❤ God have mercy! Please put your faith in God. We all don’t know everything but God is in control, stop questioning and accusing, just have faith mourn and believe it will be okay ❤❤❤❤

[@juliepeterson6639]

Horrifying. I am so sorry.

[@ALadynamedBug]

They didn’t say if the individual, particularly that residence, has a valid pyrotechnic permit. And state lawmakers need to impose tougher laws for anyone who wants to purchase and ignite fireworks!

[@CANEFIRE4]

I feel for all the Keiki who got injured in any way bug or small🙏🏽, but as for the adults....play stupid games, Win stupid prizes

[@EliteGeeks]

There needs to be a level of fireworks that are considered a 10 year felony, and this amount seems to hit the spot

[@Adambomb748]

Not surprised , as the fireworks are out of control on the Islands.

[@biggwillbeats4384]

It’s like an assault on SANITY.

[@marioescanuelas8167]

Waiting for arrests to be made.

[@dennistaito1603]

Prayers out to da families on 2nd street!! Shoutout to brahdah Jack&Roscoes boy🤜🏽🤛🏽🍻

[@masmik70]

Sad. Lessons to learn.

[@KamIIIman]

Sad to hear. Government officials and law enforcement know where these illegal firework came from and who they are allowing them to come through.

[@erictam7014]

So the police had 10,000 people shooting illegal fireworks, but I didn't hear how many arrest they were able to make.

[@Sam-j6k4u]

Way to go. Warnings about the dangers of fireworks has been out since for ever. If you going to do stupid stuff keep it to yourself. In this case this genius who planned the event involved their neighbors too. Prayers to the victims. I’m sure some genius will F-up again.

[@rastahoepner8634]

Cleaned up and crime scene in record time

[@FrankHarry-o1y]

My auntie live across i was at her place everything was perfectly fine after I left to get a drink😭😭prayers to family’s

[@vickylynne5]

The community needs to help! The police need to start arresting people! They need to get more serious. The state and county always talk but no actions are taken

[@teeteeone]

Wow.

[@lalsz72]

Arrests?

[@alexislee9763]

Condolences to the family members friends classmates and colleagues of the victims. Love hugs kisses and prayers in the name of Jesus Christ...amen ❤

[@PermanentGogeta66]

Dam is this what i was hearing the other night? Im glad i stayed home.

[@joannewsome5202]

Where is this?

[@MIKECNW]

How long did it take the HFD to get there and what the hell is wrong with Hawaii that they don't have enough officers to respond to illeagal activity?

[@nv0us]

Enough officers? Practically every street has one or more houses doing this.

[@coraj.cardoso5929]

Your comment made me laugh. A police force of ten thousand officers couldn’t respond 😂

[@ashleynricky6771]

It's just like driving a car do your homework

[@xheee]

Back in da day, we neva had all these big fireworks. we all have fire crackers and all da little fireworks and that was it. We need to go back to that. Id rather get rid of all of that then to have more people get hurt. Anyways, wishing a safe recovery to all those who were injured and everyone affected aloha, jah bless

[@davegunner5670]

It was the cops

[@LeilaniG808]

Aliamanu is right next to the military base. No mystery how illegal fireworks got funneled into the island.

[@adonisdavid7623]

So stupid .. soo preventable , rip to the victims and lives lost and a life with disabilities

[@YoureMrLebowski]

3:37 "the families..." the multiple families on that street want privacy. plural.

[@forreal8014]

No arrested?

[@lilaannasato5107]

Nothing is going to be done bc the ppl who suppose to enforce the law is breaking the law!!!! Think about that ppl

[@pear_jules4013]

It looks like the whole pile went off. Set too close to the lighting station? Sounds like no adult supervision was involved. I’m just learning about this so maybe it’s been covered already.

[@baron6271]

This will never end. I've witnessed illegal aerials since the 70s. Hawaii didn't do anything then.

[@fswatyahoocom]

it happens every year 😞

[@koolaidcoolfan667]

Now4? Oh my god it was 3 now 4..

[@kawikadee9670]

They said there will be more.

[@koolaidcoolfan667]

@ yea crazy right the survivors are in the hospital currently

[@margaretmarr1]

And probably many, including children that will spend the rest of their lives trying to adjust to using prosthetics because they lost arms and legs. But heh, can't have a bunch of grown-ups being bored on New Year's Eve now can we?

[@jasestrickland1704]

@@kawikadee9670yup because several are on life support awaiting organ harvesting…..theirs.

[@tl2813]

Let me understand this. This whole disaster was man made caused. The homeowners condoned this out of control war zone. How much longer are we going to allow fireworks to be sold at all. Are we waiting to see what happens next time? I hate to say it but, it’s time to ban fireworks period. Only the professional shows.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

😢😢😢 kids