'We will not rest until every person has been accounted for,' West Reading Borough Chief of Police Wayne Holben said Sunday.
Candy is made in the Palmer Candy factory in Pennsylvania.WEST READING, Pa. — Crews recovered a fourth body after an explosion at a chocolate factory on Friday in Pennsylvania, authorities said.West Reading Borough Chief of Police Wayne Holben said during a news conference on Sunday that a fourth body was found in the rubble of the R.M. Palmer Company and that three people were still unaccounted for.
“I want to assure you all that we will not rest until every person has been accounted for,” Holben said. “West Reading, we have your back and we will get this done.”
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