1,400 Germans return home after chemical mishap

BERLIN (AP) — Some 1,400 people are returning to their homes in northern Germany, a day after they were evacuated when an accident at a factory caused a cloud of toxic gas.

Authorities said Tuesday that residents living around the Kraft Foods Germany factory in Bad Fallingbostel were allowed back in after emergency crews successfully emptied a tank in which some 6,340 gallons of nitric acid and highly concentrated sodium hydroxide were accidentally mixed.

The accident occurred Monday afternoon. No injuries were reported