The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into the deadly explosion and fire at a chocolate factory in a small Pennsylvania town last Friday. The cause of the explosion, which killed seven people, remains unclear.
in a small Pennsylvania town last Friday, the agency said Tuesday. The cause of the explosion, which killed seven people, remains unclear.
An initial tweet from the NTSB identified the incident as a “natural gas explosion and fire,” but a spokesperson later clarified that it was an “accident [that] involved a pipeline that transported natural gas,” according to a reporter for CBS Philadelphia. In addition to NTSB’s probe, the explosion at the R.M. Palmer factory in West Reading is being investigated by a number of other agencies, including the Pennsylvania State Police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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