HONOLULU (KHON2) — Now that Christmas is almost over, many are planning for New Year’s and in Hawaii, that means firecrackers, which go on sale Thursday on Oahu.
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It’s all quiet at Pacific Fireworks now, and the silence is deafening.
“We usually get phone calls, but it’s unusual, I mean, we’re getting a high volume of calls this year,” said Dino Alexakaos, Pacific Fireworks owner.
They’re one of the retailers for firecrackers in the state and they’re expecting a boom in the next few days.
“Hawaii people love their fireworks and I, and I can’t even tell you, they call up about the firecrackers,” said Alexakaos. “Then they go, okay, where can we get the smoke balls and the sparklers? And then I keep telling them over and over that those aren’t allowed on this island.”
In fact, all counties remind the community that all aerial fireworks are illegal in Hawaii and so is setting off firecrackers on public property including streets, sidewalks, or parks.