A street in the West German city repented worthy of fictional candy maker Willie Wonka when a ton of chocolate ran out of a factory and hardened.
The German newspaper Soester Anzeiger reported on Tuesday that a "small technical defect" involving a storage tank causes a sweet and sticky spill from the DreiMeister Chocolate Factory in Westoennen.
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After crushing the cold pavement, milk chocolate quickly hardened. About 25 firefighters have the task of throwing the shovel coating and using hot water and torches to remove the remaining pieces of cracks and holes.
Company chief Marcus Lucay told Anzeiger that the plant will be back on Wednesday. Luke said that if the spill had happened closer to Christmas, "it would be a disaster."
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