Pennsylvania chocolate plant blast kills 2, leaves 9 missing March 25, 2023 2 killed in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion leaving 9 missing<br /> March 25, 2023 Creation time: 02:32 PM Last update: 02:32 PM Views: 36 Washington, March 25 (BNA): The Iraqi authorities announced that an explosion in a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania killed two people on Friday and left nine people missing. The Associated Press (AP) reports that several other people were injured in the explosion at the RM Palmer Co. plant. The explosion, which occurred just before 5pm, sent a plume of black smoke billowing into the air, destroying one building and damaging an adjacent building housing apartments. “It’s very flat,” West Riding’s mayor, Samantha Kaag, said of the blast site. “The building in front, with the church and apartments, the blast was so great that it moved that building four feet forward.” Holden told reporters that the cause of the explosion in the area 60 miles (96 km) northwest of Philadelphia is under investigation. Tower Health spokeswoman Jessica Besler said eight people were taken to Reading Hospital on Friday evening. She added in an email that two people have been admitted in fair condition and five are being treated and will be released. One of the patients was transferred to another facility, but Besler did not provide further details. Kaag said people were told to retreat a block in each direction from the blast site, but no evacuation orders were given. Dean Murray, West Riding Borough’s town manager, said some residents had been displaced from the damaged apartment building. Kaag said town officials were not in immediate contact with officials from RM Palmer, which Murray described as “a borough staple.” The company’s website says it has been making “new chocolate products” since 1948 and now has 850 employees at its West Reading headquarters. M Source link Related READ MORE Measles outbreak in Zimbabwe kills 157 unvaccinated children
March 25, 2023 Creation time: 02:32 PM Last update: 02:32 PM Views: 36 Washington, March 25 (BNA): The Iraqi authorities announced that an explosion in a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania killed two people on Friday and left nine people missing. The Associated Press (AP) reports that several other people were injured in the explosion at the RM Palmer Co. plant. The explosion, which occurred just before 5pm, sent a plume of black smoke billowing into the air, destroying one building and damaging an adjacent building housing apartments. “It’s very flat,” West Riding’s mayor, Samantha Kaag, said of the blast site. “The building in front, with the church and apartments, the blast was so great that it moved that building four feet forward.” Holden told reporters that the cause of the explosion in the area 60 miles (96 km) northwest of Philadelphia is under investigation. Tower Health spokeswoman Jessica Besler said eight people were taken to Reading Hospital on Friday evening. She added in an email that two people have been admitted in fair condition and five are being treated and will be released. One of the patients was transferred to another facility, but Besler did not provide further details. Kaag said people were told to retreat a block in each direction from the blast site, but no evacuation orders were given. Dean Murray, West Riding Borough’s town manager, said some residents had been displaced from the damaged apartment building. Kaag said town officials were not in immediate contact with officials from RM Palmer, which Murray described as “a borough staple.” The company’s website says it has been making “new chocolate products” since 1948 and now has 850 employees at its West Reading headquarters. M
