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Authorities continued their investigation Sunday into the cause of Thursday’s explosion at a pharmaceutical plant in Newburyport, which killed one worker, injured four other employees, and triggered a massive response by state and federal agencies.

Jack O’Keefe, 62, of Methuen, has been identified as the victim who died during the chemical explosion that heavily damaged a Newburyport pharmaceutical plant and sent equipment flying into the parking lot.

The Massachusetts pharmaceutical plant where a powerful blast killed a worker is in the cleanup phase. Firefighters paused work overnight at the Newburyport plant, where a hazardous materials call went

Five workers were rescued from the blast but O’Keefe was unaccounted for during much of Thursday. His body was found later that day.

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.—Authorities in Massachusetts on Friday identified the worker who died after a powerful explosion tore through a ...

NEWBURYPORT, MASS. (WHDH) - There are safety concerns at the site of a deadly blast in Newburyport, where Jack O’Keefe has been identified as the...

The worker's family says the man who died was a 61-year-old father of two and a U.S. Army veteran.

NEWBURYPORT, MASS. (WHDH) - One person was killed and several others were injured when a massive explosion tore through a chemical plant in Newburyport early...

An early morning explosion at a Newburyport factory left one person dead and four others injured.

Dispatchers first received calls of an explosion early Thursday.