UGI Fined $2.6M for Chocolate Factory Blast

0:00It's March 18th. Here's your Durham News in two minutes. Pennsylvania regulators have asked a judge to find UGI utilities $2.6 million over a chocolate factory blast three years ago that killed seven workers. The explosion happened at the R.M. Palmer Plan in West Reading and involved gas lines that broke state and federal safety rules. Earlier this week, the Public Utility Commission filed the complaint against UGI's gas division. The company responded by calling the event a tragedy and sending sympathy to victims families and the community. One survivor described falling through the floor into hot chocolate that saved her burning arm, though she waited nine hours for rescue after, suffering broken bones. Firefighters spot the huge fire amid the chaos. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board found workers smelled gas before the blast, but the plant lacked any quick evacuation plan. Now regulators want UGI to add more remote methane sensors, check old pi parts

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