Two employees at US confectionery giant Mars Wrigley have been rescued after mysteriously falling into a giant vat of chocolate, media reported Thursday.
The accident happened on Thursday afternoon at the agricultural company’s factory in Pennsylvania in the north-east of the United States.
According to Fox News and CNN, two people were rescued and hospitalized after falling into one of the company’s giant vats filled with chocolate.
No further details were given as to why these employees were in such a bad position that they could not pull themselves up from the vat filled with cocoa.
Firefighters had to cut an opening in the tank’s structure to get it out as quickly as possible, according to emergency services quoted by Fox News.
The statement from US giant Mars Inc. did not respond to inquiries from AFP and no details were given to local media about the exact health status of the two employees.
The Mars family group, whose best-known brands are Mars chocolate and confectionery, Wrigley (chewing gum), Milky Way, Snickers, M&M’s and Uncle Ben’s rice or Royal Canin dog food, presents itself as the world market leader in chocolate and chewing gum with annual sales of more than 30 billion dollars and around 100,000 employees.