Posted on 07/03/2019 7:03:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two barrel warehouses at a Jim Beam aging facility burned for hours overnight in Kentucky.
WKYT reports the facility caught fire at around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. One warehouse caught fire, which then spread to a second warehouse.
Roughly 45,000 barrels of bourbon were in one of the burning warehouses.
Officials said it’s possible the fire was caused by a lightning strike.
VERSAILLES, Ky. (WKYT) - Multiple crews are on the scene of a major fire at a bourbon warehouse facility. Massive fire at a Jim Beam warehouse facility in Woodford County
Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler tells WKYT two barrel warehouses at a Jim Beam aging facility caught fire around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The facility is on McCracken Pike, near the Franklin County line.
Chandler says one warehouse initially caught fire with flames spreading to the second structure.
Crews were able to put out the flames in the second warehouse. Flames were still visible in the first warehouse five hours after the fire started.
Chandler says approximately 45,000 barrels of bourbon were in the warehouse that was still burning. He speculated crews could be on scene until late Wednesday night.
Multiple agencies are working to put the fire out. Bluegrass Emergency Response Team out of Lexington is bringing foam to the scene.
Chandler also said it's possible the fire was caused by a lightning strike, but that has not been confirmed.
A local business is bringing sand to control runoff into Glenns Creek.
McCracken Pike is shut down while crews actively fight the fire.
This story is developing and will be updated.
Wow. These images from the fire at the Jim Beam aging facility are unbelievable. Emergency management officials estimate 45,000 barrels of bourbon were in the rickhouse. Read more here from @WKYT: https://t.co/jYq66lZxjK pic.twitter.com/JQ9hTewYcj — Garrett Wymer (@GarrettWKYT) July 3, 2019
Okay, someone Post the pic of AOC fake crying jag at the Border.
Thank God for makeup!.................
Jack Daniels sour mash is safe in Tennessee
That’s an old bottle. In a servient bow to the sensibilities of American yuppiedom, the new label no longer mentions the confederacy and has scrubbed away the image of General Forrest.
Prohibitionists??
Rivals?
Flags should be flying at half-mast for this.
For JB? Maybe quarter mast! ;-)
Ever hear of a border war?
The horror... the horror...
I don’t know about Jim Bean’s Physical plant, but they manufacture Maker’s Mark, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek, and probably more I don’t know of. I also have no idea if these stores constitute any size significant amount of their aging inventory. If so, this will not be good for the brand. Or my pocket book, since prices will jump!
Many moons ago I toured the site. As I recall there were a lot of the storage buildings there that looked rickety then.
Jim Beam? What’s the problem?
Just heard at the bottom of the hour radio news that it has collapsed and is still burning.................
Blame it on the Baby Boomers, like the proliferation of assisted living facilities.
Jim Beam is now owned by Japanese distillers Suntory.
"Make it....Suntory Time!"
Just what I was thinking. They could sell the ruined whiskey to Jack Daniels.
And Asia. Bourbon is apparently getting really big there.
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