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A fourth person was confirmed dead and three people remained unaccounted for Sunday, two days after a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory shook a small town in Pennsylvania.
Several others were injured by the explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, officials said. The cause of the blast about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia remains under investigation.
The authorities have said the chance of finding survivors is decreasing rapidly as rescue crews do all they can to search under the rubble.
A fourth person is dead in the West Reading chocolate factory explosion, officials announced Sunday.
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Rescue crews using heat imaging equipment and dogs to search for possible survivors after blast destroyed building in West Reading, Pennsylvania