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Fire at Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouse May Threaten 40,000 Barrels

Fire at Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouse May Threaten 40,000 Barrels

(Bloomberg) -- Multiple crews are on scene of a major fire that broke out at a Jim Beam Bourbon warehouse facility in Kentucky, local news outlet WKYT TV reported on Wednesday.

Two barrel warehouses at the facility caught fire late Tuesday, Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler told the TV channel. The fire’s origin is unknown.

The fire has been put out in one of the warehouses, the Louisville Courier Journal reported, while 40,000 barrels of bourbon are in the warehouse facility that’s still on fire.

To contact the reporter on this story: Nour Al Ali in Dubai at nalali1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Katerina Petroff at kpetroff@bloomberg.net, Derek Wallbank

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