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September 20, 2023

Federal agency kicks Pa. Public Utility Commission out of investigation into deadly chocolate factory explosion

By FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The National Transportation Safety Board has kicked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission out of its investigation of a March factory explosion in Berks County that killed seven people, and a

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