Because bleach leaked in their company, three workers in Neustadt an der Orla (Saale-Orla-Kreiß) were slightly injured.
The company’s employees noticed a pungent smell early Tuesday morning, the police said.
For a previously unexplained cause, the bleach leaked from a barrel and spread across the floor of the factory hall.
Neustadt an der Orla - Three employees came to the hospital because of respiratory problems.
According to the police, there was no danger to the population.
The leak has now been closed, it was said.
The Ostthüringer Zeitung had previously reported.
dpa
