Update: At least four people are dead and three are missing after an explosion at a Berks County candy factory in Pennsylvania on Friday, local officials said Sunday.
Police tape is pictured at the scene near the intersection of Garvey and Garfield Avenue in Monterey Park, California, on Jan. 22. Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images
Officials are investigating the explosion at R.M. Palmer Company, which occurred Friday around 5 p.m. local time and"The building in the front, with the church and the apartments — the explosion was so big that it moved that building four feet forward," KaagTen patients were initially transported to Reading Hospital, according to spokesperson Jessica Bezler. Two of those patients were later transferred to other hospitals.
Authorities have cordoned off a six-block area while crews remain on the scene, and several residents of a damaged apartment building have been displaced., Kaag asked the public to avoid the area as recovery efforts continue throughout the weekend.
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