Worker missing after explosion at chemical facility in Newburyport, Massachusetts

A employee is lacking after an explosion at a chemical facility in Massachusetts early Thursday morning, CBS Boston reported.

Firefighters have been referred to as to Seqens, a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm in Newburyport, at about 12:45 a.m., the fireplace division mentioned. After they arrived, they discovered an industrial-sized vat that had been contained in the constructing was now about 30 toes away in a car parking zone.

The fireplace division mentioned there have been 5 staff within the constructing on the time of the explosion. 4 have been taken to a hospital, handled and launched. The fifth employee has not been discovered but.

The explosion precipitated main structural injury to the constructing so firefighters and technical rescue crews have not been capable of go inside. The Coast Guard despatched of their helicopter to assist in the search.

Authorities mentioned there isn’t any hazard to individuals who dwell within the space. There is not any phrase but on what precipitated the explosion.

This is not the primary hearth at this facility. Three years in the past, there have been six explosions that tore by way of the roof of the constructing. Nobody was harm in that incident. The deputy hearth chief on the time mentioned the roof is designed to blow open to alleviate any stress that builds up. On the time, the corporate believed it was a mechanical subject from a steam line that precipitated these explosions.

In accordance with the corporate’s web site, Seqens has greater than 20 years of expertise in chemical manufacturing and has two places in Massachusetts.