March 06, 2019 - 9:09 AM
BARDSTOWN, Ky. - Roughly 120,000 gallons (454,000 litres) of would-be bourbon have spilled at a Kentucky distillery.
News outlets report two people were injured in the fermented mash spill Tuesday at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown, where a storage collapse last year left thousands of barrels in a mountainous heap. They've been released from a hospital.
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet spokesman John Mura says a leg of a 55,000-gallon (208,000-litre) tank gave way and flipped a container holding the mash. He says 10,000 gallons (38,000 litres) ran in a storm drain to a tributary, but officials don't believe there's a threat to drinking water.
Amy Preske, a spokeswoman for Barton 1792's parent company, Sazerac, says they're working to secure the area.
It's unclear if operations are resuming as normal Wednesday.
News from © The Associated Press, 2019