2023 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion

Quand

24 mars 2023

Type

Accident industriel

Coordonnées

40.33° N, 75.94° W

Description

industrial disaster in 2023

Deaths

3

Injured

8

Explosion in West Reading, Pennsylvania

On March 24, 2023, an explosion occurred at a chocolate factory operated by the R.M. Palmer Company in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Seven people died and ten were injured, including one rescued from the rubble. At around 4:57 p.m (ET), it sent plumes of smoke into the air and shook houses. The cause of the explosion has been determined to be a natural-gas fueled explosion and fire.

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