HONOLULU (KHON2) — The state of Hawaii is still in shock over the tragic beginning of the new year, in which dozens of people were injured and at least 3 people were killed in a fireworks explosion in Aliamanu, while another man was killed in Kalihi.
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Governor Josh Green says that people need to take a pause in using illegal fireworks and is offering amnesty for people who turn them in.
“I would just ask everyone humbly, please pause on shooting any of these fireworks off until the firefighters get a better grip on how they can contain the risk,” Green said. “Please make sure you take us up on our offer to go through amnesty programs. We’ll take them back and take them off people’s hands even if they got them illegally. That’s okay. We’ll probably do that on January 11th.”
Lawmakers are currently pondering what can be done to help stem the saturation of illegal explosives in Oahu’s neighborhoods. Many of them have come to the conclusion that public behavior will have to change.