Footage emerged of a massive explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on Friday evening that left multiple casualties.

The explosion happened at the R.M. Palmer Company chocolate factory in West Reading at around 5 p.m., according to a report from The New York Times.

At least two people were killed in the explosion, eight were transported to hospitals with injuries, and nine others were missing, the report said.

Law enforcement said that the cause of the explosion, which shook houses several blocks away, was under investigation.

“The explosion was so big that it moved that building four feet forward,” said Mayor Samantha Kaag. “Unfortunately, it wasn’t a great scene to come into. It was pretty scary.”

The 75-year-old company employs hundreds of people and is known for making seasonal chocolate candies.

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“I heard like a loud noise, like a roaring sound, then the house shake,” Liz Soto, who has a friend who works in the factory, told FOX 29. “She went to work, she’s confirmed to have gone to work, but we don’t know anything about her.”

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has reportedly agreed to a deal with Brazilian prosecutors to repay a victim that he allegedly defrauded in 2008.

The case was suspended in Brazil because law enforcement was not able to find Santos. The alleged incident happened when Santos, then 19, entered a small clothing store and spent $700 using a stolen checkbook and a false name. He allegedly admitted to the fraud on a Brazilian social media website the following year.

He and his mother allegedly admitted to police in 2010 that he stole the checkbook to make fraudulent purchases. The following year, the charge against Santos was approved, but he had already left the country and was living in the U.S.

CNN reported that prosecutors have “agreed to a deal” with Santos in which he would “formally confess to the crime and pay damages to the victim.”

Prosecutors have contacted Santos’ team seeking assurances that they have the ability to make contact with the victim so restitution can be made.

The deal could still change, the report said.

Santos has already admitted that he fibbed about the claim that he worked for financial titans Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; he also admitted that he did not graduate from college. Furthermore, Santos admitted that he embellished some of the details of his personal life, his religion, and his sexuality. However, he said that these controversies would not detract from his duties.

“I am not a criminal,” Santos claimed. “This will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.”

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Santos is also facing local, federal, and congressional investigations in the U.S.