In addition to the seven deaths, 10 were injured in the blast and numerous nearby buildings were destroyed, damaged or ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said the factory failed to have natural gas emergency procedures in place that could have resulted in an immediate evacuation. The explosion leveled one ...

Authorities are working to determine the cause of an explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory that left seven people dead. The incident occurred at the historic R.M. Palmer Co. factory just ...

Seven people were killed in the explosion at the chocolate factory in West Reading on Friday. UGI crews and investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board seemed focused Wednesday ...

A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the building — and then she ...

Defendants in litigation over a 2023 chocolate factory explosion are seeking to transfer the lawsuits out of Philadelphia. The defendants' forum non conveniens arguments come after they failed to ...

40% of the world’s cocoa beans are produced in Côte d’Ivoire. In February, China opened that country’s largest cocoa factory.