Explosion at R.M. Palmer Chocolate Factory in Pennsylvania kills two, injures eight -
Preliminary theories from officials suggest a gas leak was responsible for the explosion, but investigation and rescue efforts at the factory continue Saturday. Building #2 at the R.M. Palmer factory is destroyed, and there is damage to Building #1.
“It’s pretty leveled, unfortunately there’s not too much to be able to salvage from it. In the front, with the church and the apartments, the explosion was so big that it moved that building four feet forward,” West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag, herself a firefighter, said. The area was not evacuated, but Mayor Kaag told residents to stay out of a one-block radius zone around the factory site.“It was the loudest thing I’ve ever heard in my life. It literally felt like the ground fell out from underneath you. The whole house shook and my dogs froze, they couldn’t move, it was scary,” West Reading resident Kristen WisniewskiThere was some confusion Saturday morning as to the amount of confirmed fatalities.
Of the eight people initially hospitalized, five were treated and on their way to release, two were admitted in “fair condition,” and the one other person was transferred to another facility, Tower Health spokesperson Jessica BezlerNone of the identities of the victims, whether living, dead, or injured, have yet been disclosed.
R.M. Palmer has not yet responded to a request for comment. The company was founded in West Reading in 1948, and has been headquartered there since.
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