A ton of chocolate spilled out from the factory

A ton of chocolate flowing out from a factory in Germany on Monday. Emergency services arrived at the scene and 25 firefighters had to be helped to break away the chocolate that had solidified.

It was on Monday night as a chocolate factory spilled out a ton of chocolate in the German Werl. According to the German newspaper Soester daily gazette, a ”small technical defect” in a storage tank, have led to chokladspillet, writes AP. When the mass was in contact with the chilly asphalt solidified quickly. 25 firefighters from the city’s emergency services then had to be helped to break loose mjölkchokladen. It was made with the help of shovels, hot water, and making blowtorches.

the head of the Company Markus Luckey says that the factory’s production will return on Wednesday. Had the mishap occurred closer to christmas eve, it had according to him been ”a disaster”.