FILE - Emergency personnel work at the site of a deadly explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pa., on March 25, 2023. (Michelle Lynch/Reading Eagle via AP, File)

Pennsylvania regulators seek $2.6 million in penalties for deadly 2023 chocolate factory explosion

by The Associated Press March 18, 2026

written by The Associated Press March 18, 2026

By Mark Scolforo HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania regulators asked an administrative law judge on Wednesday to make a gas utility pay $2.6 million in civil penalties for a chocolate factory explosion three years ago that killed seven workers and sent flames shooting into the air. The Public Utili...

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Pennsylvania regulators seek $2.6 million in penalties for deadly 2023 chocolate factory explosion

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