Rain forced workers inside storage unit before blowup

A lawsuit filed by the family of one of the five men who died recounts the incident

By Gordon Y.K. Pang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 24, 2012

~~<p>Rainy weather may have been a contributing factor in a series of ill-fated decisions that led to the deaths of five men handling fireworks inside a Waikele storage facility last year, according to a lawsuit expected to be filed today in Circuit Court.</p>
<p>The families of all five victims are expected to file suits in the coming days against several companies, claiming they were negligent or reckless in allowing hazardous work to be performed when the explosion occurred on April 8, 2011, said Steve Hisaka, an attorney for the family of Justin Joseph Keli‘i, 29.</p>
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Rainy weather may have been a contributing factor in a series of ill-fated decisions that led to the deaths of five men handling fireworks inside a Waikele storage facility last year, according to a lawsuit expected to be filed today in Circuit Court.

The families of all five victims are expected to file suits in the coming days against several companies, claiming they were negligent or reckless in allowing hazardous work to be performed when the explosion occurred on April 8, 2011, said Steve Hisaka, an attorney for the family of Justin Joseph Keli‘i, 29. Login for more...