A quiet neighborhood in Kentucky was rocked by an explosion due to a mishap at a local chemical plant. The blast could be heard miles away, and windows of nearby residences were blown out.
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The facility in Louisville, Kentucky produces food colorings and regularly deals with pressurized containers of chemicals. In this case, something went drastically wrong, injuring eleven people. Thankfully nobody was killed in the explosion, and all wounded have been rushed to a Kentucky hospital.
Footage of the incident shows just how fast the blast happened. The explosion rips the roof off the facility, with no fire, leaving a shockwave to damage nearby homes. Pictures of the facility, taken afterward, reveal the extent of the Kentucky explosion. The multi-story building has been torn apart, with several floors devastated.
Amazingly, despite the extent of the damage, nobody died on this occasion. However, this isn't the first time this has happened at the facility. Sadly, the previous incident was fatal. The eleven people involved in the blast are recovering in hospital.
Kentucky Residents Told To Shelter In Place After Explosion
Due to the nature of the facility, residents have been advised to shelter in place. The chemicals released from the blast are not expected to be dangerous, but it's better to be safe than sorry. A drone is taking air samples, ensuring that there is nothing harmful left over from the incident.
Residents some miles away reported hearing the explosion, with numerous closer homes having windows broken by the explosion in Kentucky. People who have lost windows have, of course, been allowed to shelter somewhere with a little less open ventilation.
This is not the first time an explosion has happened at the factory in Clifton, Louiseville. When the factory was under a different name in 2003, another accident resulted in the death of one employee. In this situation, a container of aqueous ammonia became over-pressurized and threw 26,000 pounds of the substance into the air.
Again, massive damage was done to the factory, and 26 residents had to evacuate with a further 1,500 sheltering in place. Living beside this accident-prone factory doesn't seem like the best place to be.
