Off the news: Toddler is 4th victim of Aliamanu explosion
Jan 08, 2025
The New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in Aliamanu has claimed a fourth, tragically young, victim. Cassius Ramos-Benigno, 3, died Monday of injuries sustained in a massive blast at around midnight New Year’s Day, triggered after a lit “cake” of illegal aerial fireworks fell on its side and fired projectiles into a large cache of contraband pyrotechnics. Ramos-Benigno’s grandmother and grandaunt were also killed in the incident, as was 23-year-old Jennifer Van.