A series of explosions caused by fireworks in a residential area left more than two dozen people with burns and other injuries, officials said.

Authorities say three people died and 20 others were critically injured in a New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood.

Authorities and residents in Hawaii are wondering whether a New Year's Eve explosion that killed three people and wounded more than 20 will dampen the state's enthusiasm for illegal pyrotechnic displa

Tuesday night, a lit bundle of mortar-style aerials tipped over and shot into crates of unlit fireworks, causing a rapid-fire series of blasts that killed three women and injured more than 20 people