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.

HPD confirms the fifth death connected to the Aliamanu fireworks explosion incident; a 29-year-old dies at an Arizona hospital on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

That raises the death toll in the New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in Aliamanu, Hawaii to five. According to Honolulu Police, the 29-year-old man died at about 6:40 a.m. HST. The victim’s identity has not been released.

Carmelita Benigno, 61, Nelie Ibarra, 58, and Jennifer Van, 23, died in the blast at a Keaka Drive house party at 12:01 a.m. New Year’s Day. Cassius Ramos-­Benigno, 3, died Jan. 6 at the hospital.

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

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.

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,