Jelly Sparks Toxic Waste Alert In Germany

A pile of jelly left by a road in Germany caused a major security alert after it was mistaken for toxic waste.

A large area near the German town of Halle was cordoned off after a "flabby red, orange and green substance" was found by the road.

Fire officers in protective suits spent two hours inspecting the substance before they finally figured out it was simply jelly.

"The fire brigade always has to assume a worst-case scenario", an embarrassed fire brigade spokesman said.

"We conducted a variety of tests and figured out it was jelly".

The spillage was traced to a wedding party the night before. The newly-wed groom, who was woken up and informed of the alert, promised to clean up the mess.

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