callingcarg0 t1_jduxqge wrote on March 27, 2023 at 11:50 AM

Reply to comment by Imprettystrong in A Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion has killed 7 people by FolsgaardSE

My girlfriends mom works/worked there. She wasn't there on the day it happened so she's fine, but the current theory going around is apparently a gas leak.

Grashopha t1_jdvbzov wrote on March 27, 2023 at 1:53 PM

My first thought was a gas explosion. Happens way more often than people would think. About 286 per year, or just under 1 gas explosion per day.

ronreadingpa t1_jdwh7fr wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:24 PM

Not just factories either. The Wyomissing Post Office was destroyed in 1979 by a natural gas explosion.

https://berksnostalgia.com/wyomissing-post-office-explodes/ (great site by the way)

While not a fan of places outlawing gas, it does have some benefits. All-electric is safer. For manufacturing, electricity is often a viable replacement, but requires different equipment and processes. So can't fault companies sticking with what they have and know.

Grashopha t1_jdwif2k wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:32 PM

Happens to houses a good deal too. I remember one exploding in York many years ago and one just exploded in Harrisburg in December.

SneedyK t1_jdyqvi7 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:06 AM

Man, I’m starting to get a complex about all these buildings that explode in wyomissing/Reading area.

Would anyone hazard a guess if it’s safe for me to go see my doctors? Or shit, idk. Maybe the hospital’s due for an explosion by this point.

Kinda interested to know if anyone reading along here knows any specialists that perform surgical procedures out on a nice, sunny green lawn! May means it’s time for my colonoscopy/endoscopy checkup again.