Search and rescue efforts lasted throughout the weekend at the site of an explosion at candy factory, RM Palmer in West Reading. Both Pennsylvania Task Force One and the staff at Tower Health's Reading Hospital were interictal helping during this phase.
"These men and women drop whatever they're doing when the incident happens," Ken Pagurek, PA-TF1's program manager, said.
The urban search and rescue team was called in to help by PEMA around 6 p.m. Friday night and left in the early morning hours Monday. Thirty members, along with K9s came to Berks County to assist.
"Were there people potentially at exit doors if we had a map and there were exit doors? Could we delay down to those locations and find somebody? Break room locations – things of that nature?"