3 women dead, over 2 dozen people wounded in Honolulu fireworks explosion

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An investigator examines the scene of the deadly fireworks explosion on Keaka Drive in Aiiamanu this morning.

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Gov. Josh Green views the scene of the deadly fireworks explosion on Keaka Drive in Aiiamanu this morning.

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Honolulu police chief Arthur “Joe” Logan reacts today while visiting the aftermath of a fireworks explosion on Keaka Drive that killed at least three people and injured 20 after a lit cake firework tipped onto its side and shot into a nearby garage, igniting a cache of other fireworks and causing a large explosion.

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Gov. Josh Green speaks at a news conference at HPD headquarters today about the fireworks blast that killed three people and injured over two dozen in Aliamanu around midnight.

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Gov. Josh Green speaks at a news conference at HPD headquarters today about the fireworks blast that killed three people and injured over two dozen in Aliamanu around midnight.

Three women were killed and about two dozen people were injured at an Honolulu home when a “cake bomb” filled with illegal aerial fireworks set off massive explosions at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday at a large New Year’s Eve party.