Fifth Spring Explosion: Newburyport Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant Explosion

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — Surveillance video from a nearby business captured the fireball from an enormous blast at a Massachusetts chemical plant overnight. Firefighters said they responded to the incident just before 1 a.m. at Seqens North America at 9 Opportunity Way. Upon arrival, fire crews saw that an industrial-sized vat from inside the building had moved about 30 feet because of the explosion, and it was sitting in an adjacent parking lot. Five workers were inside the building at the time of the blast, according to the fire chief. Four people were taken to a local hospital, treated and released. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Source