Lindt chocolate factory explosion

By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline. A Swiss town was left covered in fragments of chocolate after a malfunction at a Lindt factory.

Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first. If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook - that will be changing. Find out how you can still connect with us. This article is more than 3 years old and some information may not be up to date. The chocolate maker says a ventilation problem launched cocoa powder into the open air outside its facility last Friday morning. The wind caught the powder and spread it across the neighbourhood, leaving a fine dusting of sweet, sweet chocolate.

Lindt chocolate factory explosion

A large explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Friday has left multiple people dead and others injured. Several people are also missing. The explosion occurred at the R. Video from the scene showed flames and black smoke billowing hundreds of feet into the air. The death toll is uncertain as of Saturday morning. West Reading police chief Wayne Holben and West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag said in a news conference that there were two people dead and five people missing. One person was found alive overnight, Kaag said. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency first told CBS News that five people were dead and six were missing, before updating their numbers on Saturday afternoon to match the information provided by local officials. CBS Philadelphia reported that a total of 10 people were hospitalized with injuries, six of whom have been discharged as of Saturday. This has Penn Ave closed at RT Palmer's factory manufactures seasonal chocolates for occasions such as Easter, Christmas and Halloween, according to the company's website , and employs about people. The factory has been in West Reading since the early s, said a member of West Reading's Borough Council in the news conference, and the company has been an "upstanding member of the community" in all the decades the factory has been there. Holben said that R. Palmer will release a statement of their own soon. Kaag told CBS Philadelphia that the factory was "pretty levelled," calling the situation "pretty scary.

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Residents of a Swiss town got a bit of a shock when it started snowing particles of a fine cocoa powder after the ventilation system at a chocolate factory malfunctioned. Combined with strong winds on Friday morning, the powder spread around the immediate vicinity of the factory, leaving a fine cocoa dusting. Factory production was able to continue as normal and the company says the particles were completely harmless to people or the environment. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

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Lindt chocolate factory explosion

Seven people died and several were injured in the West Reading explosion. 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 causing severe and permanent injuries," according to the lawsuit. Seven people died and several others were injured after the explosion at the factory in West Reading. According to officials, the explosion caused destruction to one building nearby and damaged another.

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Two people are confirmed dead after an explosion rocked a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania, officials said Saturday morning after initially saying that five people had been killed in the explosion.

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