Rescue efforts are underway to extract two workers who were trapped in a chocolate tank at a Mars candy factory.
Lancaster County dispatch said two people fell into a tank around 1:51 p.m. at the Mars facility on the 200 block of Brown Street.
The people in the tank were not hurt, but they cannot get out on their own, dispatchers said.
The chocolate is believed to be about waist-high, according to dispatch.
🚨#BREAKING: People Trapped in a tank filled with chocolate at a Chocolate Factory in PA
Right now multiple emergency crews are responding to two people trapped in a tank filled with chocolate at M&M Mars factory Both patients are in critical condition pic.twitter.com/QmowUlrZgL
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 9, 2022
Two workers are stuck in a chocolate vat at the M&M /Mars factory.
They are unhurt.
Rescue efforts underway.
Story by: @JennaRWise pics @cmautnerhttps://t.co/hgz9k5rfvO pic.twitter.com/5qeUWW02M8
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) June 9, 2022
Local firefighters were still working to free the men at the time of publishing. PJM will update this story when more details become available.
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