In the city of Itasca, state of Illinois, 17 employees of the chocolate factory “Willy Wonka”, owned by Nestle, has been affected by the chemical spill. Reported June 17, the Chicago Tribune.
The incident occurred on Friday at 01:25 local time (08:25 MSK). According to preliminary data, in the control system for humidity leakage of lithium chloride, which remained undetected for several hours.
At the time of incident at the factory was carrying 50 people, they were all evacuated. Eleven people were hospitalized with complaints of nausea and other symptoms of poisoning, they diagnosed a respiratory tract burns. Another six medical assistance was provided on site.
Firefighters managed to stop the leak, in the second half of the day production at the factory was resumed.
