An employee in Swabia spilled chili powder during his lunch break, causing several colleagues to cough for a short time. The man said he used “the hottest chili powder in the world” for his lunch and spilled the powder, police said on Tuesday.
He is said to have vacuumed up the powder with a vacuum cleaner. The powder is said to have spread during operation through a hole in the vacuum cleaner bag. About ten to twenty employees briefly complained of irritation of the respiratory tract. However, nobody was seriously injured in the incident on Monday in Meitingen in the Augsburg district.