A CHEMICAL spill in Kidderminster left two people injured and caused the evacuation of an industrial unit.

The incident began at 12.09pm today (Thursday) when around 1,000 litres of nitric acid spilled from a plastic tank.

The incident took place at Hard Anodising Ltd, in Firs Industrial Estate, neither casualty was badly hurt.

Police placed a 50 metre cordon around the unit while fire crews contained and cleaned up the spill.

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