2025 in Hawaii: Difference between revisions

Events from 2025 in Hawaii.

Ongoing – Red Hill water crisis

• January 1 – A fireworks explosion shortly after midnight in the Aliamanu neighborhood on Oʻahu kills four people initially with over 20 others hospitalized for serious injuries.^[1][2] Six individuals were later airlifted to Arizona for treatment due to a lack of space in the state’s only burn unit.^[3] Two individuals later died of their injuries, bringing the death total to six.^[4]
• January 6 – A structure fire in the McCully neighborhood of Honolulu kills a responding firefighter of the Honolulu Fire Department.^[5] The fire was caused by unattended cooking in a kitchen.^[6][7]
• February 20 – An explosion at a resort in Kāʻanapali on Maui injures seven people, two of whom are transported to Oʻahu for treatment.^[8][9]
• March 31 – Gene Ward resigns from the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives due to health issues.^[10] He dies four days later.^[11] Joe Gedeon is appointed by Gov. Josh Green on May 28 to fill the vacancy created by Ward’s resignation.^[12]
• July 29 – 2025 Kamchatka earthquake: A tsunami warning triggers evacuations across the entire state, with the first waves expected to arrive at approximately 7:10 PM Hawaiʻi time.^[13] The tsunami warning is later downgraded to an advisory, and cancelled the following morning.^[14] Property damage caused by the tsunami was minor.^[15]
• August 15 – Maui Police Officer Suzanne O is shot and killed while responding to a call. A suspect is arrested.^[16]

• October 16 – The second phase of Skyline in Honolulu is scheduled to open for service.^[17][18][19]

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