ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Two men were sentenced to decades behind bars over a deadly fireworks explosion in north St. Louis County that killed four people.

On Thursday, a judge sentenced Seneca Mahan and Terrell Cooks each to 25 years in prison after both pleaded guilty to felony charges in the explosion earlier this year.

The explosion happened around 1:30 a.m. on June 17, 2022, at a home in the 6600 block of Parker Road, located in unincorporated north St. Louis County.

Eighteen-year-old Damario Cooks and his cousin, 16-year-old Travell Eason, lived at the home and died in the explosion. Their friends, 21-year-old William Jones and 17-year-old Christopher Jones, were also killed. Another minor was also injured.

Investigators determined Terrell Cooks and Mahan manufactured and sold ill

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