At least two people were killed and nine are missing after a massive explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory on Friday, officials said.
A violent blast at the RM Palmer Company plant rocked the town of West Reading shortly before 5 p.m., local officials said.
At least eight people were hospitalized for medical attention.
A spokesperson for Reading hospital told NBC that of the eight
patients, one was transferred, two were in fair condition and the rest
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