Death toll rises to seven in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion



The death toll in an explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory has risen to seven, according to West Reading Police Chief Wayne Holben, as investigators work to determine the cause of the blast. NBC News’ George Solis has the details. 

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Death toll rises to seven in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion

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42 comments

  1. Willy Wonka!!!! Oh no!!!!

  2. Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination…..

  3. Have they found out how this happened yet? That is terrifying for everyone involved and so sad that so many lost their lives. This candy factory sent easter candy all over the country. Its some of the best in the world ❤

  4. It's called Depopulation / Murder. Stop copying Hitler!..

  5. There was a sugar plant in the 80's that blew up and burned because of lack of maintenence on the powdered sugar section of the plant. 12 people were killed in that one. Sugar dust is flammable and explosive in the right conditions, as well as grain dust. Silo explosions can still happen. My sadness and condolences to the victims and thier families.

  6. Willy Wonka and the bomb factory

  7. An icing sugar cloud and a spark are usually the culprits watching the explosion. Just like at Imperial Sugar Georgia, 2008. 14 dead, dozens injured.

  8. Well, this is obviously Trump's fault….

  9. God Keep those families in his loving arms. This does not seem possible to be an accident that would explode with such force . That is something planted for some reason. People lost their life and some lost their way to make a living for years there. God Bless that community.

  10. On a positive note, M & M's rained down in a 5 mile radius.

  11. Two questions: who owns the factory and have they ever received OSHA citations or any other citation for an unsafe work environment? There is far more to this story than is being reported.

  12. I’m sure the prayers will help the dead

  13. Lester, you don't have to tell us what we are watching this on. Youtube, we know.

  14. This is the work of secret Chinese or Russian spys. Destroy our infustructur before going to war with us.

  15. Prob another attack on our food. Awesome

  16. What candy 🍭 chocolate 🍫 did they make?

    I would buy some to support the families & would want to taste what candy was worth dying for anyways 😅

  17. "Dr Mehmeth Ozz" ( PA ) . 😑

  18. "We ve WON back PA after decades THANKS to DJT" 2016 PauL Raiiann .

  19. "PennsyLvannia" >>>>> "PA" .

  20. 0:46 “Officials said they were going to work through the weekend…” He made it sound like that is a rare occurrence for them.

  21. Condolences for Willy Wonka.

  22. Over 26 "Accidents" on our food processing plants since February 2022 WHAT A COINCIDENCE !!! Wake up people!

  23. Shouldn’t John Fetterman be all over this? 😂

  24. This is heart broken I am truly sorry for the lost of the people inside the factory 🙏🏿.

  25. My bad wrong YouTube video I just like to look at all the comedy shows on fake news reply to everyone of y'all

  26. Does anyone know how many decades is going to take before the rivers and lakes and land is back to normal after the Democrats derailed train and Palestine Ohio, just to punish the people that lived around that area for being mostly Republicans

  27. Why is no one mentioning the name of the chocolate factory? I can’t find it anywhere what’s the problem with that?

  28. I hope we find the cause of the explosion

  29. John Kerry is responsible for carbon gasses exploded in chocolate factory. His private jet ignite it

  30. Scary how this incident became a joke so quickly. Desensitized much

  31. Sad. I wonder what chemicals were released into air.

  32. Just like the food processing plants, these are deliberate

  33. Willy wonka’s human trafficking ring must have been discovered

  34. But no coverage on the school shootings of adults and children this morning?

  35. This is what you get when you use cheap Oompa Loompa Labor.

  36. Thank goodness it wasn't Hershey. Their chocolate is high enough

  37. THIS LOOKS LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF.
    SENDING PRAYERS TO ALL.

  38. Pay your employees it ain't that hard

  39. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀…