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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 ...