Fireworks factory blast kills one

An explosion at a Jefferson County fireworks plant has killed one worker and seriously burned another one. The explosion at the Sunset Fireworks and Pyro Products plant happened last week outside a building where fireworks are assembled. Killed was Pearl Mathews of Cedar Hill. She was thrown 60 feet by the explosion. It’s the second explosion at the plant in less than a year. Last November, an explosion there killed another woman and injured another worker.