More barrels of Barton 1792 tumble down

But despite efforts to consolidate the Barton Distillery 1792 The warehouse of ven-story in Bardstown, Kentucky, after half of its wooden structure collapsed on June 22, the rest of the casemate imploded Wednesday.

The dispatch alert from Nelson County, Kentucky arrived at 2:20 pm. AND

The initial collapse of Warehouse 30 caused nearly half of the approximately 18,000 barrels that crashed on the ground to collapse, many of which shattered at the same time. 39; impact. The remaining barrels and what was left of the warehouse structure fell on Wednesday.

No one was injured in one or the other incident. It is too early to quantify the damage – the value of bourbon or the potential impact on the environment.

After the collapse, Barton's distillery team was prepared with on-site equipment to solve other problems of the standing structure, Amy Preske, spokesperson for the company mother of Barton Sazerac, said in a statement Wednesday.

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"Following the Barton 1792 Preparation of the distillery team and quick action, no flow of today 's collapse has entered the waterways, "Preske said in the statement.

The rest of the warehouse could not be secured after the initial collapse. We do not know yet how many barrels can be recovered.

Authorities expect it to be weeks before the cause of the collapse is determined, she said in the statement. "The remaining barrel warehouses of Barton Distillery 1792 have been inspected since June 22 by independent experts and are considered safe," Preske said in a statement. "The barrel warehouses of the two other distilleries owned by Sazerac in Kentucky have also been inspected and found safe."

Barton Bourbon is owned by Sazerac, who also owns the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. The Barton Distillery 1792, founded in 1879, is the oldest fully operational distillery in Bardstown, according to its website.

Not all The According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, 9,000 barrels were affected during the Initial collapse, but at least some under the rubble dumped bourbon and brandy into the nearby water courses.

About 800 fish were killed in Withrow Creek, which empties into the Beech Fork River, officials said.

Nelson County Fire and Rescue Chief Billy Mattingly said that site officials reacted quickly before flowing into the rivers after the initial collapse, but that the site was not clear. alcohol had been flowing for more than three hours before being mastered.

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The Ministry of Energy and Energy from the Kentucky Environment said after the initial collapse of Sazerac report the incident in a timely manner "and" pollute the Commonwealth waterways ". The firm's spokesman, John Mura, said the quotes could result in a $ 25,000 fine per day per incident.

Kentucky distilleries are aging a total 6.8 million barrels of bourbon, according to the Kentucky Distillers' Association. The aging barrel warehouse has collapsed is one of 29 on 196 acres of the distillery, which also features 22 other buildings, including a tranquilization home. The distillery employed 392 full-time employees in 2017, according to a Kentucky Incentive Database

while no one was injured in the initial collapse, he scared some residents nearby. Stephanie Elliott lives just 5 meters from a huge warehouse containing thousands of bourbon casks, similar to the one that collapsed.

"It's scary to live here," Elliott, 38, a mother of three, told the Louisville Courier Journal. "If it was this one and not that one, he would have taken our house out, or worse."

Tyree Mathews, 71, said that when the wind is right, it can catch the smells of corn mash. 19659008] "Warehouses look so solid," he told The Courier Journal. "I did not even think of that as a possibility until that happened."