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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agencies

Pennsylvania chocolate factory explodes, killing seven in run up to Easter

A general view shows smoke coming out from a chocolate factory after fire broke out, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on Friday.
A general view shows smoke coming out from a chocolate factory after fire broke out, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on Friday. Photograph: TWITTER @Based_In410/Reuters

A powerful explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory known for making chocolate Easter bunnies killed a total of seven people, authorities said, as emergency workers retrieved the last of the bodies.

The deadly blast obliterated the facility 60 miles north-west of Philadelphia a little more than two weeks before Easter. The cause of the explosion remained under investigation on Saturday morning, but officials said they believed it may have resulted from a gas leak, WPVI reported.

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