A survivor of the explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, might have died had she not fallen into a vat of the liquid candy.
Flames engulfed Patricia Borges’ arm when the floor collapsed and she fell into the basement of the R.M. Palmer Co. factory during an explosion on March 24 that killed seven of her coworkers, the Associated Press However, the fall landed her in a vat of chocolate which extinguished the flames on her arm. Unfortunately, the fall also broke her collarbone and both heels.the woman recovering in the hospital. She said employees could smell gas and asked if they were going to evacuate the building.
Ten people were also injured in the blast that federal, state, and local officials are now investigating. Although authorities have not yet determined what caused the incident, leaders with the federal transportation safety agency deemed it a natural gas explosion.
She waited for a long time and called out for someone to help her. When it appeared all was lost, a light shone near her and she cried out again. Thanks to the efforts of search-and-rescue dogs, crews found her.Multiple people were killed and missing after a powerful explosion ripped through a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on Friday, sending a plume of smoke into the air and shaking houses blocks away, officials said.
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