Experimenting Workers Start Pennsylvania Candy Company Fire

December 21, 2009

Experimenting workers at a western Pennsylvania candy company started a fire that left one employee injured.

The blaze broke out Thursday evening at the New Castle Candy Company. Fire officials say employees were experimenting with heating up oil when it caught fire.

New Castle Fire Department Assistant Chief Mark Panella says a startled employee knocked over a pot of the oil and the fire spread throughout the second floor. The worker who was handling the oil suffered minor burns.

Panella says the building sustained about $100,000 in damages.

Topics Pennsylvania

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  • December 22, 2009 at 10:45 am
    Sandra says:
    OMG - these are great FUNNY posts! LOL - I have to go home and watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory now! I love the Oompa Loompas! Merry Christmas to you all!
  • December 22, 2009 at 8:36 am
    George says:
    Serves the Oompa-Loompas right...they're a preachy bunch...with all their morality songs... What do you do when you're cooking hot oil? A-n-s-u-l a fire will foil. Leave oil o... read more
  • December 22, 2009 at 8:15 am
    youngin' says:
    Adding insult to injury, the resulting OSHA investigation will probably lead to an INS raid and shut the whole operation down.

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