Fractured gas fitting caused leak at PA chocolate factory blast site: investigators
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Natural gas reportedly leaked from a defective fitting at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, Pennsylvania, which was rocked by a deadly explosion in late March.
The fitting, made by DuPont, had a known tendency to crack, and was added to a federal government list of pipe materials with "poor performance histories" in 2007, the safety board said.
Investigators also determined there was a small leak on a natural gas fitting installed in 2021, the board said.
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