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A deadly explosion at a Eastern Pennsylvania chocolate factory Friday night killed five people, injured eight others and left nearby buildings and homes damaged and destroyed.
Meanwhile, a search continued Saturday morning for at least a half-dozen people still missing after the blast, officials said.
West Reading Borough Police Department Chief of Police Wayne Holben said the explosion took place just before 5 p.m. at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading.
Officials on Saturday continued to investigate what caused the explosion at the plant about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
The identities of the dead, injured and missing were not immediately known.
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The blast on Friday at 4:57 p.
