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Firefighters to the rescue after German chocolate factory spill
BERLIN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Firefighters in the town of Werl in western Germany tackled an unusual emergency late on Monday when a tank at a local firm making liquid chocolate overflowed and poured out onto a street.
'About a tonne of chocolate ran out into the yard and from there onto the street,” a spokesman for the Werl fire department said in a statement.
The firefighters closed off the street and shoveled the chocolate - about 10 square meters (108 square feet) - to one side before a specialist cleaning company cleaned the road.
'Despite this heartbreaking incident, it is unlikely that a chocolate-free Christmas is imminent in Werl,” the fire department said. (Writing by Paul Carrel Editing by Alexandra Hudson)
Actually, chocolate options are pretty simple, in many cases coming down to a basic question: What do you like? (Leila Navidi/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
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