Emergency personnel work at the site of a deadly explosion at a chocolate factory, March 24, 2023, in West Reading, Pa. (Jeff Doelp/Reading Eagle via AP, File) ...

A federal safety board says a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed ...

Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Caused by Faulty Gas Fitting, Safety Board Finds Cascading failures involving a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful ...

In this screen grab from video provided by WPVI-TV/6ABC, smoke rises from an explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, Pa., Friday, March 24, 2023.