Changes to legislation proposed Monday would make it easier for prosecutors to convict those charged with fireworks-related crimes.

In response to the deadly New Year’s Eve explosion, the state Department of Law Enforcement said it collected more than 500 pounds of illegal fireworks.

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Shipments of illegal fireworks sent via the U.S. Postal Service have been seized on commercial flights.

Carmelita Benigno, 61, is the fourth victim to be identified.

A task force that began its work long before the recent tragedy in Salt Lake also recommends a unified fireworks permitting system in Hawaiʻi and $2 million for a new firearms and explosives lab.

City officials said a 3-year-old boy injured in the New Year’s Eve explosion died at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children on Monday morning.

UPDATE: City officials identified the child as Cassius Ramos-Benigno.

More people needed specialized care for burns from the Salt Lake blast than from the Maui wildfires.