By Dylan Lovan and Rebecca Reynolds
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least 11 employees were taken to hospitals and residents were urged to shelter in place after an explosion at a Louisville, Kentucky, business on Tuesday.
News outlets reported that neighbors heard what sounded like an explosion coming from a business that manufactures ingredients for soft drinks. Overhead news video footage showed an industrial building with a large hole in its roof.
“The cause at this point of the explosion is unknown,” said Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg. No one died in the explosion, he said.
The Louisville Fire Department said in a post on the social platform X that multiple agencies were responding to a “large-scale incident.”
HAPPENING NOW! LFD and Multiple LMG agencies on scene of a large scale incident in the 1900 Block of Payne St.
— Louisville Fire Dept (@loukyfire) November 12, 2024
Media staging is being set up at St. Frances of Rome, 2119 Payne St. @wave3news @WDRBNews @WLKY @SpectrumNews1KY @WHAS11 @840WHAS @LMPD @LouisvilleMayor @LouMetroES
Louisville Metro Emergency Services urged people within a mile of the business to shelter in place.
