Gas leak or sabotage, like the other 100+ other food production plants over the past 1-2yrs?
Night ops by those thugs at Hershey? :)
Was Mr. Slugworth in the vicinity?
Not saying there’s any connection between this explosion and all the other attacks on food processing companies, electrical substations, and chemical companies, it does seem like this type of “accident” is happen a lot more frequently.
Company officials say they plan to discontinue the Fulminate Surprise truffle.
Perhaps the trannies at Her-She are going on the offensive...
I’m sure it was just accidental. 🙄
850 employees without work now.
Oh, that is so sad. Palmer is big in Easter Candy. Prayers, almighty Father, for the families and victims of this tragedy. Through our Lord, Jesus. Amen.
With 7 kids in our family we were more likely to get a Palmer chocolate bunny for Easter in our baskets. At that age I wasn’t an expert in chocolate but we didn’t get many sweets as a kid.
West Reading is a nice little town. Reading, on the other hand, is much more ghetto.
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My Priest's BIL's niece, age 49, new grandmother, was among those killed.
She had just clocked out and was leaving the building...
Excellent local coverage here:
Iranian drone...
Respond with about 100 cruise missiles immediately, just in case...
UPDATE - Survivor pulled from the rubble:
https://abc7news.com/west-reading-chocolate-factory-pa-explosion-palmer-rm/13014458/
Man says sister still missing after explosion, workers complained of gas smell.
Gonzalez said his son and nephew had also worked at the plant, but that his son had quit a few months ago “because he said he didn’t like the smell of the gas that was in there.” His son and nephew had complained about the smell to plant supervisors, who told them, “’It’s all right. We got it. It’s being handled. Don’t worry about it,’” he said.
Sugar goes boom real good.