All posts tagged "Industrialaccidents"

PHILADELPHIA — The Berks County Coroner's Office on Wednesday released the names of the remaining victims of the explosion at the R.M. Palmer chocolate factory in West Reading that killed seven people. The remaining five were identified as: Xiorky D. Nunez, 30, of Reading; Susan H. Halvonik, 63, of Upper Providence Township; Michael D. Breedy, 62, of Marion Township; Diana M. Cedeno, 44, of Reading; and Judith Lopez-Moran, 55, of Reading. On Monday, the coroner's office identified Amy S. Sandoe, 49, of Ephrata, and Domingo Cruz, 60, of Reading, as the two other people killed on Friday in the m......

WEST READING, Pa. — The death toll after a Friday explosion at the R.M. Palmer chocolate factory in Berks County has increased to four people, according to authorities. Three people remain missing, and the cause of the blast remains under investigation. Working 12- to 16-hour shifts, crews from local fire departments, EMS agencies, police departments and the state's search and rescue task force worked through the night with hopes of finding four Palmer employees who remained unaccounted for Saturday night. One of them was found, authorities announced at a news conference Sunday morning. The ex......

WEST READING, Pa. — At least two people were killed and five people remain missing after an explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading on Friday afternoon sent a column of black smoke into the sky and blew out the windows of nearby homes, leaving some families in the small, tight-knit town still awaiting word on the fate of their relatives nearly 24 hours later. On Saturday afternoon, Frankie Gonzalez stood atop a hill overlooking the site where his sister Diana Cedeno, 45, worked in packaging for more than a year. She has not yet been accounted for. A cousin alerted Gonzalez to the expl......

A Los Angeles police officer who fatally shot a 14-year-old girl at a Burlington Coat Factory store was following active-shooter protocols, his union said Monday. In the horrifying incident Dec. 23, Officer William Jones opened fire on an assault suspect at the store, killing him. But during a search for additional suspects, police found teen Valentina Orellana-Peralta was also hit by a bullet that penetrated a dressing room wall. She died in her mother’s arms. Initial 911 calls reported a gun at the store, Los Angeles Police Protective League spokesman Tom Saggau told NBC News. And Officer Wi......