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Bardstown bourbon warehouse collapses at Barton Distillery By Randy Patrick, The Kentucky Standard Original URL: https://www.kystandard.com/content/warehouse-collapses-barton Half of a warehouse collapsed at Barton 1792 Distillery late Friday morning, affecting an estimated 10,000 barrels of bourbon, but there were no injuries. Nelson County Emergency Management Director Joe Prewitt and Bardstown Fire Chief Billy Mattingly said a concern is that whiskey could run into a tributary of the Beech Fork River that is about 250 feet away. State environmental officials were contacted and were on their way to Bardstown. The incident happened around 11amET. Mattingly said that half of the building collapsed "length-wise" and the other half was leaning and starting to bow. Nobody was allowed within 200 feet of the building, he said. The warehouse collapsed on nearly 10,000 barrels of liquor and another 10,000 barrels are in the part that is still standing, he said. "Right now we're trying to determine why it collapsed," the city fire chief said. "There was nobody in the building at the time. We're very fortunate in that." The accident brought down an electrical service line, but Mattingly said the power has been shut down to the whole area. There was no immediate fire hazard. However, Mattingly said: "We've got storms moving in later with lightning and high wind. That's going to be a concern for us." The more immediate concern was the whiskey flowing into the streams. Mattingly said the warehouse, No. 30, was on a steep hill -- "It's a straight drop-off" -- and firefighters were unable to tell whether there was whiskey in the water. He said the Nelson County Sheriff's Office was going to provide a drone to determine the extent of contamination. "We're not sure how many barrels ruptured," he said. Mattingly said there is a 12-foot deep basement under the warehouse, and first responders hope most of the bourbon went into the basement. Nelson County Fire and Rescue and Emergency Management have jurisdiction because the property is outside the city limits, but Bardstown Fire was called in to assist. Plant Manager Johnnie Colwell and a spokeswoman for the company were unavailable. This story was posted on 2018-06-22 13:04:41
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