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Fire engulfs bourbon warehouse
From correspondents in Bardstown, Kentucky
August 5, 2003
FLAMES engulfed a seven-storey US bourbon warehouse today, sending alcohol-fuelled flames more than 30m in the air.
The wood-frame Jim Beam warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky collapsed about two hours after the fire was reported and continued burning. The company said the warehouse held about 19,000 barrels of bourbon, or less than two per cent of its bourbon inventory.
There were no reports of injuries.
Fire-fighters doused two nearby warehouses with water in an attempt to save them, while a fire truck stood by at a third.
"Only one of them is on fire and they're working to make sure that it stays that way and to contain the burning whiskey," Larry Green, city administrator, said.
Bourbon from the warehouse ran off into a nearby creek and caught fire. Firefighters began to dam up the area, Fire Chief Anthony Mattingly said. Emergency officials did not know the fire's cause, but the company said in a statement from its headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois, that lightning was to blame.
Warehouse and distillery fires are typically devastating because of the flammable alcohol. In 2000, a fire at a Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg destroyed a seven-storey warehouse that held nearly one million gallons of ageing bourbon in 17,200 barrels.
More than 95 per cent of the world's bourbon is produced in Kentucky, where it has been made since the 1780s. More than a half dozen distilleries are in the region, including Jim Beam, Maker's Mark and Wild Turkey.
The Associated Press
From correspondents in Bardstown, Kentucky
August 5, 2003
FLAMES engulfed a seven-storey US bourbon warehouse today, sending alcohol-fuelled flames more than 30m in the air.
The wood-frame Jim Beam warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky collapsed about two hours after the fire was reported and continued burning. The company said the warehouse held about 19,000 barrels of bourbon, or less than two per cent of its bourbon inventory.
There were no reports of injuries.
Fire-fighters doused two nearby warehouses with water in an attempt to save them, while a fire truck stood by at a third.
"Only one of them is on fire and they're working to make sure that it stays that way and to contain the burning whiskey," Larry Green, city administrator, said.
Bourbon from the warehouse ran off into a nearby creek and caught fire. Firefighters began to dam up the area, Fire Chief Anthony Mattingly said. Emergency officials did not know the fire's cause, but the company said in a statement from its headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois, that lightning was to blame.
Warehouse and distillery fires are typically devastating because of the flammable alcohol. In 2000, a fire at a Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg destroyed a seven-storey warehouse that held nearly one million gallons of ageing bourbon in 17,200 barrels.
More than 95 per cent of the world's bourbon is produced in Kentucky, where it has been made since the 1780s. More than a half dozen distilleries are in the region, including Jim Beam, Maker's Mark and Wild Turkey.
The Associated Press
