Hawaii authorities are asking lawmakers for money to hire eight people and pay for a $2 million expansion of a forensic lab to crack down on the rampant smuggling of illegal fireworks.

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,

A report submitted to the Hawaiʻi Legislature Friday concludes that illegal fireworks are being smuggled into the state by sea and air on a year-round and possibly daily basis. It’s sustained by a flourishing and well-established black market that local law enforcement has found difficult to disrupt and dismantle.

A 3-year-old boy has died of injuries in the massive explosion of fireworks at a home in Honolulu home on New Year’s Eve.

The explosion in Honolulu, Hawaii, killed three women and injured more than 20 people, many of whom have burns over most of their bodies and six victims remain in a critical condition in Arizona