Fire destroys large Jim Beam factory with 45,000 barrels of bourbon. A warehouse fire at a Jim Beam distillery in Woodford County, Kentucky, saw firefighters from four counties responded to the blaze. AP Flames and smoke rise from a bourbon warehouse fire. The warehouse that was destroyed contained relatively young whiskey, Beam Suntory said, the loss of which will not impact availability. The report documented a series of warehouse collapses and fires, including a lightning-sparked blaze that burned down a Jim Beam facility in 2003.

Source: Stuff July 03, 2019 21:33 UTC