A federal safety board says a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion at a West ...

NTSB holds a public hearing aimed at determining what the probable cause of the fatal explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co.

Kim West, NTSB Investigator-In-Charge, revealed that a retired gas line was the source of a leak that cause the factory to explode. "Staff found that natural gas migrated from the Aldyl A retired ...

WEST READING, Pa. - The National Transportation Safety Board will meet Tuesday to discuss the deadly explosion at the R.M. Palmer candy plant in West Reading. The blast on March 24 of last year left ...

West Reading chocolate factory explosion: NTSB to hold public meeting to determine probable cause of the fatal blast ...

More than a year and a half after a candy factory exploded in West Reading, the National Transportation Safety Board finished its investigation. The NTSB presented its findings in Washington, D.C., on ...

The National Transportation Safety Board met Tuesday to discuss last year’s deadly factory explosion in West Reading. But they did not vote to adopt the final report quite yet. The NTSB board said it ...

Route 422 westbound between the Penn Avenue and North Wyomissing Boulevard exits in West Reading was partially closed after an accident Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened before the railroad ...

About 70 production workers and 35 office staff at R.M. Palmer Co. were working in two adjacent buildings at the time of the blast.