Overview

• The leak occurred inside a company building in the Kemnath industrial area in the Tirschenreuth district of the Upper Palatinate.
• Police said 14 people were lightly injured, with four treated in hospital.
• Authorities identified ammonia escaping from a gas line at a large meat-processing facility.
• A fitting loosened as in-house technicians attempted a fix, increasing the release, and one worker suffered minor chemical burns.
• Five of the injured were in adjacent retail stores, access to the markets was closed, a specialist crew from Burghausen was called, and firefighters remained on scene.