'RM Palmer is devastated': Death count rises to four in Pa. chocolate factory explosion but cause remains a mystery

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 12:01

Construction vehicles clean up the debris from a Friday evening explosion that killed at least two people. — Cleanup and rescue crews are working through the debris of a Friday explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
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A Friday evening explosion leveled a chocolate factory in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The explosion killed at least four, and sent several to the hospital; others are still missing.
Officials said at a Saturday morning press conference that one person was found alive overnight.

A fourth person was found dead after a mystery explosion Friday evening at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, and several still are missing, according to officials.