And today in Weird Yet Fascinating News, we have this: A chocolate flood in Germany at the production facility of chocolatier DreiMeister on Monday almost caused a holiday disaster. Happily, though, the crisis has been averted; the fire department…
And today in Weird Yet Fascinating News, we have this: A chocolate flood in Germany at the production facility of chocolatier DreiMeister on Monday almost caused a holiday disaster. Happily, though, the crisis has been averted; the fire department and employees of DreiMeister both pitched in to help with the cleanup, and the factory has since opened again. No injuries have been reported, and officials say that there’s no danger of a chocolate shortage plaguing the holidays.
DreiMeister has been producing spectacular truffles and specialty chocolates since 1973. The company’s production facility is located in Westönnen, a suburb of Werl located about 40 km away from the city of Dortmund — and it’s there that the chocolate disaster unfolded on Dec 10. At about 8 p.m. that night, reports the Washington Post, a tank in the facility overflowed, resulting into roughly a ton of liquid chocolate flooding out of the factory and onto the nearby road, Weststrasse. When the chocolate met the outdoor temperatures, it did what hot chocolate usually does when it’s chilled: It solidified, leaving the road covered in a thick l ayer of hardened chocolate.
