Massive chocolate factory spill leaves a sweet mess in Germany

The chocolate spill on a road in Germany

A town in Germany has been left in a sweet mess after a tank of chocolate spilled and poured into the street.

Fire crews in Westönnen used hot water, spades and blowtorches to clean the chocolate off the floor after it went hard in the cold.

About a tonne of chocolate trickled out from the nearby factory but, despite the spill, locals won't have to worry about a chocolate-free Christmas.

The factory owner told reporters that the factory still had a few weeks to recover and that if the accident had happened closer to Christmas it would've been a "catastrophe".