Two barrel houses at a Jim Beam aging facility in Woodford County went up in flames late last night. Authorities said one of the rickhouses, where barrels of bourbon are stored as they age, initially caught fire, eventually spreading to another nearby structure.
Crews at one point had the fire in the first barrel house put out, but it reignited. Officials think the rickhouse may have been struck by lightning but that hasn’t been confirmed. Foam material has been brought in to help smother the flames and Woodford Feed brought sand to build an embankment to help contain the fire and keep alcohol from leaking into the nearby creek.