Jelly sparks toxic waste alert

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 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 concluding it was jelly. (Jell-O).

"The fire brigade always has to assume a worst-case scenario," a 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 newly-wed groom, who was woken up and informed of the alert, promised to clean up the mess