UPDATE: Two more people found dead, bringing the death tool to seven, in the explosion at the chocolate factory in West Reading, Pa. that occurred on Friday.
Around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, officials in West Reading confirmed that two people had died, five were still missing and one survivor had been pulled from debris on the site overnight.
A husband and wife, who did not want to be identified, told NBC10 on Saturday that their family member's best friend was among the missing. Philip Wert, vice president of the West Reading council, said the building had been constructed in the late 1950s or early 1960s, and officials had to “access our archive to pull the blueprints last night, in order to get a better layout of the building and the mechanicals and the utilities, where things are.”
He said his sister has two adult children, including a son who is deployed overseas. She had a side job decorating for parties and was also studying for ministry at her church, he said.
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