Three dead and others missing after Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion

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Three dead and others missing after Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion

An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania killed three people and left five people missing.

Authorities said one person was pulled alive from the rubble overnight after the explosion on Friday.

Rescue crews using dogs and imaging equipment continued to search through the rubble Saturday — hours after the blast that erupted just before 5 p.m. northwest of Philadelphia.

The Berks County Medical Examiner and Coroner on Saturday night confirmed three fatalities.

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency had earlier said there were five fatalities, citing county emergency management officials, but after an update from the county also indicated that two had died and five were missing.

Chief of Police Wayne Holben said the rescue of one person from the rubble “provides hope that others still may be found.”

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