Miraculous Escape: Factory Worker Survives Explosion, Fire, and Chocolate Vat Fall.

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Miraculous Escape: Factory Worker Survives Explosion, Fire, and Chocolate Vat Fall.
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Patricia Borges, a survivor of the Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion that killed seven co-workers, fell into a vat of liquid chocolate that extinguished her burning arm but broke her collarbone and both heels. Borges and others had complained about a gas odor before the explosion, and she believes the deaths of her co-workers could have been prevented if the factory had been evacuated. Borges faces surgery on both feet and a long recovery, and her family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help her pay the bills.

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