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The West Reading Borough council is expected to vote today to extend a disaster declaration that was put into effect by the mayor after Friday's explosion at the R.M. Palmer Company candy factory.
Rescue crews pulled four more bodies from the debris Sunday, officials said.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has ordered commonwealth flags to half-staff to honor victims of Friday's factory explosion in West Reading, Berks County.
A number of employees had reported a smell of gas at the plant in Pennsylvania, witnesses said.
The explosion at the R.M. Palmer chocolate factory in West Reading killed three people and left four missing, but authorities say one person was found alive in the rubble. The explosion destroyed one building and damaged a neighboring building with apartments.