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Chocolate Factory Blast a Deadly Reminder of Food Plant Combustion Risks

Last week’s fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular. The powerful explosion at 75-year-old R.M. Palmer Co. – which makes chocolate eggs, bunnies, bars, coins and other …

2nd Worker Dies in North Mexico Factory Blast

A second worker injured in an explosion inside a candy factory in the border city of Ciudad Juarez died Friday at a hospital, authorities said. The 18-year-old man died while being treated for third degree burns, said government health system …