Two of the three victims of the fatal New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in Hawaii have been identified. Two of the victims who died on the scene were sisters, according to family members and media reports.

The explosion appears to have happened after someone lit an “aerial cake,” a container filled with multiple aerial fireworks, in a driveway, Honolulu Police Chief Arthur Logan said Wednesday at a news conference. The cake then fell to the side, shooting off into crates filled with more fireworks.

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

Drone video captures a New Year's Eve fireworks explosion that killed three people and wounded more than 20 in a Honolulu neighborhood.

In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set