angelinafuckingmarie t1_jdkc3jf wrote on March 25, 2023 at 12:37 AM

It was an electrical arcing from one of the caramelized peanut machines

18wheelapartment t1_jdl9hrc wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:38 AM

Except,,, it was the front office. Not the factory floor. On a Friday. Do they pay weekly or biweekly there? Was today payday?

mrsfiction t1_jdltscr wrote on March 25, 2023 at 10:29 AM

Please go conspiracy theorize somewhere else

und88 t1_jdn80xe wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:38 PM

In the unlikely scenario it turns out to be a bomb, police should look into this guy.

LostInSpace9 t1_jdlun1k wrote on March 25, 2023 at 10:41 AM

Seriously? Do you realize how bad fatalities are for an organization? And your implying they murdered their own so they didn’t have to pay a few thousand dollars in a 2 week salary? Get your life together.

18wheelapartment t1_jdm1zve wrote on March 25, 2023 at 12:10 PM

Fine, I’m out of line for ASKING if it MIGHT have been a bomb, but you’re assuming management would do it? To their employees?

Yeah that makes sense,,,

No, my (and I’m gonna use a big word here for some of you) SPECULATION is, “could it have been a deranged employee that didn’t like the working conditions, pay, or heck just didn’t like the way someone looked at him, and did a lone wolf terror attack?”

Something like this happened in Nashville a year or more ago and there were never any answers to that either. At least none that made the news. Look that up.

Many people rant on the internet constantly about anti-capitalism, how the rich deserve to be killed, and the evils of the disparity between rich and poor. Did someone get crazy enough to do this intentionally?

It should at least be investigated. But I expect a forensics report in soon enough.

Downvote me to hell for daring to ask a question.

LostInSpace9 t1_jdm4f0v wrote on March 25, 2023 at 12:34 PM

Edit: you know what forget everything I said, I’m choosing not to be an asshole today — have a nice day.

ronreadingpa t1_jdlw3yr wrote on March 25, 2023 at 11:01 AM

Virtually no company regularly pays cash anymore. Payroll is presumably mostly direct deposit and maybe some checks. Probably outsourced too, but don't know. Factories like that usually pay Friday on a weekly basis. However, it's possible they were biweekly.

As for your bomb suggestion, it's possible, but would be one heck of a big one to do that much damage. Looks like a natural gas explosion. However, anything is possible. Would expect within a few days the authorities will release a statement of the probable cause.

On a related note, the Wyomissing Post Office also experienced a natural gas explosion about 40 years ago. Such incidents are very rare, but happens more than they should. For residential, all electric is a realistic option, but for manufacturing, often not viable.

Rambling on. In short, near certain an accident.