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

HONOLULU (AP) — A New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood killed at least three people and critically injured 20 others, authorities said.

Three people were killed and over 20 injured when a horrific New Year’s Eve fireworks display ‘exploded’ - showering dozens of victims with shrapnel. Two women died at the scene and a third in hospital when bundles of firework mortars ‘tipped over’ and ignited others just before midnight on Wednesday in the Salt Lake Area of Honolulu,