Firefighters battled a blaze in Pennsylvania Friday after a deadly explosion at a chocolate factory.Berks County fire crews remained on the scene at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant Friday night about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, but few details had been released.According to police, two people are dead and nine people are unaccounted for.Tower Health spokeswoman Jessica Bezler told the Associated Press that eight people were taken to Reading Hospital Friday evening.Two were admitted in fair condition and five were being treated and would be released, she said in an email to The Associated Press. She said one patient was transferred to another facility, but provided no other details.Police say the explosion destroyed one building and damaged a second building. Both were owned by the candy company.Six TowerDIRECT ambulances, including their Mass Casualty Incident vehicle, with accompanying staff were dispatched, including a TowerDIRECT medical director, to provide medical direction and patient care. The explosion occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in a building at the plant at Second Avenue and Cherry Street. Video shows debris covering roads in the area and a plume of black smoke could be seen in the air above West Reading.
Firefighters battled a blaze in Pennsylvania Friday after a deadly explosion at a chocolate factory.
Berks County fire crews remained on the scene at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant Friday night about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, but few details had been released.
According to police, two people are dead and nine people are unaccounted for.
Tower Health spokeswoman Jessica Bezler told the Associated Press that eight people were taken to Reading Hospital Friday evening.
Two were admitted in fair condition and five were being treated and would be released, she said in an email to The Associated Press. She said one patient was transferred to another facility, but provided no other details.
Police say the explosion destroyed one building and damaged a second building. Both were owned by the candy company.
Six TowerDIRECT ambulances, including their Mass Casualty Incident vehicle, with accompanying staff were dispatched, including a TowerDIRECT medical director, to provide medical direction and patient care.
The explosion occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in a building at the plant at Second Avenue and Cherry Street. Video shows debris covering roads in the area and a plume of black smoke could be seen in the air above West Reading.
