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Last week's fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular.

(WEST READING, Pa.) -- A Pennsylvania woman who lives next to a chocolate factory that exploded Friday has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of negligence that led to the fatal explosion. Betty Wright claimed that she was home at the time of the explosion and was "lifted from her feet and blown across the room

PHILADELPHIA — The Berks County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday released the names of the remaining victims of the explosion at the R.M. Palmer chocolate factory in West Reading that killed seven people. The remaining five were identified as: Susan H. Halvonik, 63, a Connellsville native who lived in Upper Providence

The NTSB this week called the incident a “natural gas” explosion and fire.

By Michael Rubinkam Last week's fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate

Last weeks fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular.

Meanwhile, at the West Reading Borough Council meeting, details for a celebration of life vigil for the victims were laid out.

The cause of the explosion has not been officially confirmed, though evidence points strongly to a gas leak.

The powerful explosion Friday at R.M. Palmer Co. killed seven people, sent 10 to the hospital and damaged several other buildings in West Reading

Betty Wright, a woman who lives next door to the factory, is taking legal action against the R.M. Palmer Company after the fatal explosion.