Chocolate Factory Tragedy: Survivors Speak Out.

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A woman who survived the explosion at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory that killed seven co-workers says she fell into a vat of liquid chocolate, which extinguished the flames on her arm. She broke her collarbone and both heels and spent nine hours waiting for rescue. She and others had complained about a gas odor before the explosion, and she believes the deaths of her co-workers could have been prevented. Borges now faces surgery on both feet and a long recovery.
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