NTSB releases preliminary findings on explosion at R.M. Palmer Company

WEST READING, Pa. - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued preliminary findings Tuesday on their investigation into the cause of a fatal explosion at R.M. Palmer Company that killed 7 people and injured 11 others.

NTSB investigators say at the time of the explosion on March 24, about 35 office staff and 70 production employees were working in both Building 1 and Building 2 of the West Reading facility. In post-accident interviews, Palmer employees from Building 2 told investigators they were sanitizing equipment when they detected an odor of natural gas.

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