‘I Thought It Was The End Of Me’: Woman Fell Into Vat Of Molten Chocolate In Factory Explosion Blast That Killed 7

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GRETCHEN CLAYSONCONTRIBUTOR A woman who survived an explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, on March 24, spent nine hours in a vat of chocolate, calling for help, the AP reported.Patricia Borges, 50, broke her collarbone, both of her heels, and suffered burns to her arm when an explosion rocked the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, killing seven of her co-workers, the Associated Press reported. As firefighters fought to put out the subsequent inferno that engulfed the building, Borges spent nine hours submerged in the vat of chocolate she had fallen into and in a pool of water when the building crumbled around her.“When I began to burn, I thought it was the end for me,” Borges told the AP.  Borges was on a ladder when
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