A chemical leak at an industrial facility in Nuremberg, Germany, has killed one worker and injured 17 others, who have been taken to hospital.
The accident occurred on Friday afternoon in an industrial park in the German city, prompting a major mobilization of local authorities and emergency teams.
According to police, two workers were found unconscious inside the company's premises.
One of them later died in hospital, while the condition of the others is not yet known. Bavarian authorities stated that the chemical leak was contained in time inside the building and that there is currently no risk to public health.
It is not yet known what chemical substance leaked or what caused the incident. According to reports from the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), around 65 firefighters, some of them equipped with special chemical protective suits, took part in the emergency operation and evacuated dozens of workers from the building.