{"id":60909,"date":"2023-04-01T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T17:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-worker-thought-she-would-die-in-fiery-explosion-then-the-miraculous-happened-60909"},"modified":"2023-04-01T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T17:50:08","slug":"pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-worker-thought-she-would-die-in-fiery-explosion-then-the-miraculous-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-worker-thought-she-would-die-in-fiery-explosion-then-the-miraculous-happened-60909","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania chocolate factory worker thought she would die in fiery explosion, then the miraculous happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A woman was miraculously pulled from the remains of a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on March 25 after surviving in the most unlikely of ways.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Borges narrowly survived the massive explosion at the R.M. Palmer chocolate factory in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berks County, Pennsylvania<\/a>, last month, killing seven and injuring more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I began to burn, I thought it was the end for me,&#8221; Borges, 50, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-explosion-kills-seven-after-two-more-bodies-found\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PENNSYLVANIA CHOCOLATE FACTORY EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN AFTER TWO MORE BODIES FOUND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She may have burned to death if the floor had not given out and sent her tumbling into a vat of liquid chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>The tank contained a pool of liquefied confection, and it came up to her chest. The chocolate extinguished the fire on arm, saving her life, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the fall into the vat broke her collar bone and her heels, leaving her helpless. For approximately nine hours, Borges waited for help as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/disasters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emergency responders tackled the blaze<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/feds-examine-gas-pipeline-pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-blast-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FEDS EXAMINE GAS PIPELINE AT PENNSYLVANIA CHOCOLATE FACTORY BLAST SITE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The water from the firefighters&#8217; hoses would eventually begin to fill the tank, forcing her to climb out to avoid drowning.<\/p>\n<p>Borges clung to a floating piece of plastic pipe and waited for help. In the middle of the night, she saw a light and cried out to responders. She was then taken to safety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pa-gov-shapiro-orders-flags-half-staff-7-killed-chocolate-factory-explosion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>PA GOV. SHAPIRO ORDERS FLAGS TO HALF-STAFF FOR 7 KILLED IN CHOCOLATE FACTORY EXPLOSION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Borges said she and others had complained about a gas odor about 30 minutes before the factory blew up. She is angry Palmer didn\u2019t immediately evacuate. She said the deaths of her co-workers \u2014 including her close friend, Judith Lopez-Moran \u2014 could&#8217;ve been prevented.<\/p>\n<p>R.M. Palmer said in a statement Saturday that everyone at the company was &#8220;devastated&#8221; and it was reaching out to employees and their families through first responders and disaster recovery organizations because its communication systems were down.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/state-and-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Berks County coroner&#8217;s office<\/u><\/a> on Wednesday released the identifies of five of the people who were killed: Xiorky D. Nunez, 30, of Reading; Susan H. Halvonik, 63, of Upper Providence Township; Michael D. Breedy, 62, of Marion Township; Diana M. Cedeno, 44, of Reading; and Judith Lopez-Moran, 55, of Reading.<\/p>\n<p>The names of the other two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pa-gov-shapiro-orders-flags-half-staff-7-killed-chocolate-factory-explosion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people killed<\/a>, Amy S. Sandoe, 49, of Ephrata, and Domingo Cruz, 60, of Reading, were previously released.<\/p>\n<p>All seven victims appear to have died of blast injuries, Berks County Coroner John Fielding said at a news conference. The manner of death is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/feds-examine-gas-pipeline-pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-blast-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pending further investigation<\/a> by other agencies, he said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Greg Wehner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-worker-thought-she-would-die-fiery-explosion-miraculous-happened\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-worker-thought-she-would-die-fiery-explosion-miraculous-happened <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was miraculously pulled from the remains of a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on March 25 after surviving in the most unlikely of ways. 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