The explosion occurred around 4:57 p.m. at the RM Palmer Company in West Reading, located about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia. It caused destruction to one building nearby and damaged another.

West Reading bands together in wake of chocolate factory explosion; nonprofits raise $24K to help "We just don't have no words for it, we don't know what to say," said an R.M. Palmer employee.

WEST READING, Pennsylvania -- Two people are dead after flames erupted from a West Reading chocolate factory Friday evening. According to West Reading police, two people are dead, and seven are ...

With the litigation moving forward in Philadelphia, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky partner Andrew Duffy said, “Plaintiffs will continue to aggressively pursue discovery and prove that this devastating ...

The Berks County Coroner’s Office is searching for the next of kin of a Reading man. William A. Whetstone, 70, was found dead ...