'It's a travesty. It's tragic and we feel for them, we feel for the workers, we feel for the owners. Everybody, our hearts are out with all of them,' said West Reading's mayor.
WEST READING, Pennsylvania --
"It's very scary not knowing if someone you love is going to be gone, or is still there after something like this happens," said Kevin Southwood.He told Action News he couldn't get a hold of her for hours after the explosion. He later learned she had left work right before it happened and is uninjured.
"It was terrifying, it really was," said Klint Nieman, who also lives nearby. "They were pulling people, they were looking for people, and you can see the carnage of it. It's horrendous.""Whether it's donating candy for our Easter egg hunt, things like that, they have been an upstanding member of the community," said Philip Wert, vice president of West Reading Borough Council.Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was among those who visited.
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