Fire at Lindt & Spruengli factory in Switzerland, no damage assessment yet

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG

11/07/2017 15:02

ZURICH, July 11 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a chocolate 
factory at Lindt & Spruengli's   LISP.S   LISN.S  headquarters 
in Kilchberg near Zurich in Switzerland on Tuesday, but was 
quickly extinguished, Zurich police and the company said. 
    "We had to evacuate the building, a few people appear to 
have suffered smoke poisoning," a spokeswoman for the Zurich 
cantonal police told Reuters, adding it was not clear what had 
caused the fire. 
    Lindt & Spruengli spokeswoman Nathalie Zagoda said it was 
too early to assess the damage or whether production had been 
affected. 
    Lindt & Spruengli, which in the United States owns the 
Russell Stover brand of chocolates, is known for its gold 
foil-wrapped Easter chocolate bunnies and Lindor chocolate 
balls. The company has factories in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, 
France, Austria and the United States. 
 
 (Reporting by Silke Koltrowitz; Editing by Mark Potter) 
 ((silke.koltrowitz@thomsonreuters.com; +41 58 306 7454; Reuters 
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