Gas leak: Residents cannot spend the night at home. Residents from the exclusion zone around the scene of the accident were unable to return to their homes in the evening.

The leak was reported around 11 a.m. and may have been due to a faulty valve. According to the emergency services' assessment, there is no acute risk of explosion in the tank; measurements are being carried out constantly, said a city spokeswoman. The company is located in the Niederzeuzheim district, Hadamar is in the Limburg-Weilburg district.