UPDATE: Officials now say three people have died while four remain missing following an explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory. Latest details HERE:
Officials could not immediately provide information on the injuries this survivor had suffered.
On Friday, just before 5 p.m. a large explosion occurred at the R.M Palmer Company in West Reading. The explosion resulted in the destruction of building No. 2 located at 55 S 2nd Avenue and damage to the neighboring Palmer building No. 1 located at 77 S 2nd Avenue, Holben said. Gov. Josh Shapiro, who visited the site Saturday along with the emergency management agency director, vowed “any and all commonwealth resources needed to support ongoing recovery efforts – in addition to the extensive assets that have already been deployed.”
“The silver lining in all this is someone was found alive, someone was found alive that was in rubble, not knowing whether they were going to live or die, and fortunately we found that person and they’ve got a second chance, and hopefully fingers crossed we’re going to find more,” he said. He said his sister has two adult children, including a son who is deployed overseas. She had a side job decorating for parties and was also studying for ministry at her church, he said.
“It sounded like a bomb went off,” he recalled Saturday. “I mean, all of our houses shook. I’ve never heard as loud of an explosion in my life.”
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