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 three-year-old boy on Monday became the fourth person to die of injuries stemming from a massive explosion of fireworks a Honolulu home on New Year's Eve, police said. The blast also killed three women and injured more than 20 people,