Survivor pulled from rubble after explosion kills 2 others at Pennsylvania chocolate factory
Chief of Police Wayne Holben said the rescue of one person from the rubble "provides hope that others still may be found."An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on Friday killed 2 people and left 5 people missing, authorities said.Two people are dead and five others are unaccounted for after an explosion and four-alarm fire at a West Reading, Pennsylvania chocolate factory on Friday evening.
There has been no official word on a cause of this blast, including whether it was caused by a gas leak. The damage is extensive. Officials say RM Palmer Building #2 is destroyed and there's damage at the neighboring Palmer building #1."It's pretty leveled, unfortunately there's not too much to be able to salvage from it," said Mayor Samantha Kaag. "In the front, with the church and the apartments, the explosion was so big that it moved that building four feet forward.""I didn't know, I just come running out and saw that mess over there.
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