Officials also reported no updates on the conditions of those taken to hospitals.
Kaag said she had apparently been on the second floor and was found in a “hopeful circumstance,” calling out to rescuers despite her injuries after a dog located her.
BEAT BLAST NEW SCHOOL UPDATE
Officials said they had no update on the condition of a woman pulled alive from the rubble early Saturday. Friday.Įarlier, Kaag confirmed to The Associated Press that the fifth body was found Sunday morning by first responders. The deaths brought the total number killed to seven in the blast that occurred just before 5 p.m. and the other around 8:20 p.m., Holben said. One of the victims was found around 6:50 p.m. Their identities will be confirmed by the Berks County Coroner’s Office, he said. that rescue workers had found the bodies earlier in the evening and that they are believed to be the remaining two individuals who were listed as missing earlier in the day. West Reading Borough Chief of Police Wayne Holben said at a press briefing just after 9 p.m. “Please understand that this is a devastating loss, but we are truly grateful to bring closure to the families involved in the upcoming days,” Kaag said. West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag said in a statement Sunday night that none of the victims will be named until officials are certain that all families have been contacted. (AP) - All seven bodies have been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania, officials said.
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