WEST READING, Pa. (CBS) -- One person was found alive in the rubble and rescue efforts continue after an explosion at the R.M. Palmer Company chocolate factory in Berks County, Pennsylvania, local officials said in a news conference Saturday morning. West Readin...
WEST READING, Pa. - The governor of Pennsylvania has ordered commonwealth flags flown at half-staff in honor of seven people whose bodies were recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory. "West Reading, we stand with you — and we’ll continue to pro...
She began to run. That's when the floor gave way, and she could feel herself falling — into a long, horizontal tank of chocolate in the factory's basement. At 4 feet, 10 inches tall, Borges landed on her feet in chest-high liquid. The chocolate extinguished the flames, but she beli...
A lawsuit over an explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory says the candy-maker ignored warnings of a gas leak. The lawsuit was filed by the family of one of seven workers killed last month. WEST READING, Pa. - A Pennsylvania candy-maker ignored warnings of a gas leak at its ...