The city of Aschaffenburg was covered with golden clouds after the fire occurred at an electroplate. About this write Bild.
Aschaffenburg is a regional university town in Bavaria, southern Germany. As an important logistics center, there are both industrial parks and high -tech development companies as well as providing services and consulting services.
According to the newspaper, after a metal part fell into the acid tank, a chemical reaction happened, then a fire. During emergency, a worker of the industrial park was injured.
About 150 emergency service experts involved in overcoming the consequences of the incident.
In addition to fire trucks, employees are equipped with specialized equipment to eliminate dangerous pollutants also present at the scene. Firefighters predict activities will last.
City officials have issued an emergency warning level and calling on people to stay indoors, close windows and doors and leave the streets because the air clouds can be toxic.
Schnar Oberflächentechnik, owning a factory with an area of about 30 thousand square meters. M, has been working at Mainaschaff since 1958, designing surface treatment systems with chemicals, electricity and mechanics.
Let us remember that in March 2016 in Hamburg, a forklift has damaged a box of 1000 liters of sulfuric acid due to the operator's fault. Nearly half of the toxic chemicals leaked out of the container.
At the same time, the 1000 -liter nitric acid box falls down from the shelf. As a result, these two substances react and a toxic orange cloud rising on the city.
In May 2024, a toxic cloud spread throughout Berlin in the context of a fire at an air defense system.
In September 2025, an accident occurred at Romonta chemical factory in Amsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt. The problem occurs during the technical work.