Five treated overnight for potential fireworks injuries: EMS

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi rang in the new year with a total of five potential fireworks-related injuries that occurred in Honolulu County.

Overnight, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded to three separate incidents, all of which are suspected to have been fireworks-related.

The first EMS call was to Nana Place in Kaneʻohe at 10:35 p.m. on Dec. 31, where first responders received a call of an injures 7-year-old girl.

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The girl was treated for burns to her extremities and taken to the hospital in serious condition following a “possible fireworks-related” incident, EMS said…

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