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A 3-year-old boy from Copán who suffered severe burns in a firecracker explosion was transferred to Shriners Hospital in Sacramento, California, after local medical teams determined he required advanced specialized care unavailable in Honduras.

A gas explosion at a home in San José, Copán, where the family made fireworks, left two adults and two children — ages 3 and 12 — with severe burns requiring hospital care.

Cindy Yasmin Contreras, a 30-year-old nurse at Hospital de Occidente in Santa Rosa de Copán known for her work in emergency and neonatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic, has died after battling a serious illness, her passing drawing an outpouring of grief in the region.

A child hospitalized with severe burns from an explosion at an artisanal firecracker factory in Copán has been discharged after 26 days of treatment and multiple surgical procedures, continuing recovery as an outpatient.

The Honduran Air Force airlifted a 4-year-old girl with severe burns from a fireworks explosion in Copán to Tegucigalpa for specialized hospital care under its 'Alas para la Salud' aeromedical program.

María Teresa Hernández García, 22 and pregnant, died at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa hours after being rushed from Copán with severe burns sustained in a home accident; her family is seeking financial help to transport her body for burial in San Nicolás.