A fire at a Jim Beam bourbon facility in Kentucky destroyed about 40,000 barrels, potentially causing a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in spirits.
Two warehouses caught fire late Tuesday, one of which was destroyed, according to Drew Chandler, the Woodford County Emergency Management Director. Damage to the second warehouse was contained to an external structure, Chandler said. A couple of barrels were left among the rubble of the burned structure, but none will be suitable for human consumption, he said.
The fire in the first warehouse is still burning, because putting it out with hoses could lead to contamination of a nearby river that feeds a drinking water facility, Chandler said. He estimated that the fire department would continue to let it burn for the next six to eight hours. The cause of the fire is unknown, but “weather could have been a factor,” Chandler said. An Associated PressRockeman writes for Bloomberg. With assistance from Bloomberg writer Derek Wallbank.
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