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Factory explosion survivor Patricia Borges fell into chocolate vat with her arm on fire

Patricia Borges was pulled alive from the rubble of the RM Palmer Co factory. (AP: Aaron Paz)

A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says flames had engulfed the building — and her arm — when the floor gave way beneath her.

That might have been the end if she hadn't fallen into a vat of liquid chocolate.

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