Hawaii authorities on Tuesday asked lawmakers for money to hire eight people and pay for a $2 million expansion of a forensic lab to crack down on the persistent rampant smuggling of illegal fireworks like those that killed four people and injured about 20 more at a Honolulu home on New Year’s Eve.

State officials have released information on an upcoming illegal fireworks amnesty program. Officials from the State Department of Law Enforcement, Attorney General’s Office, Honolulu police and more will team up on Saturday,

Six survivors of a massive fireworks explosion in Hawaii have been flown to Phoenix for treatment. This comes as we're learning a three-year-old boy died on Monday as a result of the blast, raising the death toll to four.

A woman who died in the New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion on Keaka Drive was identified Tuesday as 61-year-old Carmelita Benigno, according to the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office. Officials previously said the other victims were 23-year-old Jennifer Van, 58-year-old Nelie Ibarra and 3-year-old Cassius Ramos-Benigno.

The Honolulu Department of the Medical Examiner identified the fourth victim that was killed in the tragic Aliamanu firework explosion.