#maui fireworks ban

The Maui Fire Department announced that consumer fireworks will be available for sale starting Saturday, June 28 and ending Friday, July 4 at 8 p.m., with usage allowed only during designated hours on Independence Day.

I live in Waiehu Heights and I hear illegal fireworks going off every night, how are people getting these fireworks?

There are more fireworks for sale on Maui this year, with enough product to supply 600 permits, or three million permit-type firecrackers. The increase in stock comes as O’ahu spends their first New Year under a consumer fireworks ban that went into effect on Jan. 2, 2011.

Mayor Arakawa: I would not want to ban fireworks per se; I would rather see better education on how to use fireworks properly.

Four out of the nine neighbor island firework injuries reported around the 4th of July occurred in Maui County. The nine injuries on Maui, Kauai and the Big Island were the highest total for the neighbor islands since 2006.

With a partial ban already in place on Oahu, and limited supplies available for purchase on Maui, we posed the question to the Fire Chief and Mayor.