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Worker Jack O'Keefe was unaccounted for several hours after an explosion rocked the chemical plant, flinging a vat 30 feet away. Officials later said he died.

The owner of the pharmaceutical chemical plant in Newburyport that exploded last week, killing a Methuen man, has been ordered to start demolishing remnants of the building by 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to Newburyport officials.

The explosion at a Seqens/PCI Synthesis chemical plant remains under investigation.

Officials from pharmaceutical manufacturer Seqens and the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts are waiting on insurance adjusters to show before beginning

A contractor has resumed clean-up work at the former Sequens pharmaceutical plant in Newburyport, Massachuetts, officials said Tuesday afternoon.

NEWBURYPORT, MASS. (WHDH) - Clean-up work resumed at a damaged chemical plant in Newburyport Tuesday as officials look to clear the way for crews to...

A pharmaceutical plant in Newburyport, Massachusetts, that was rocked by a powerful explosion last week is being demolished beginning Monday.

Police claim the woman hit the building and then left.

The owner of a Newburyport chemical plant that exploded early last Thursday and took the life of a Methuen man, has until Wednesday morning to begin demolition of a damaged building addition. Mayor Sean R. Reardon and Fire Chief Stephen H. Bradbury III said the city had been awaiting the arrival of insurance adjustors from […]

A man who previously worked at the chemical plant but asked not to be publicly identified said he could no longer tolerate the unsafe working conditions.