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“BARDSTOWN, Kentucky (AP) -- Flames engulfed a seven-story bourbon warehouse Monday, sending alcohol-fueled flames more than 100 feet in the air.

The wood-frame Jim Beam warehouse collapsed about two hours after the fire was reported at 3 p.m. and continued burning. The company said the warehouse held about 19,000 barrels of bourbon, or less than two percent of its bourbon inventory.

There were no reports of injuries.

Firefighters doused two nearby warehouses with water in an attempt to save them, while a fire truck stood by at a third.

"Only one of them is on fire and they're working to make sure that it stays that way and to contain the burning whiskey," said Larry Green, city administrator.

Bourbon from the warehouse ran off into a nearby creek and caught fire. Firefighters began to dam up the area, said Fire Chief Anthony Mattingly.

Emergency officials did not know the fire's cause, but the company said in a statement from its headquarters in Deerfield, Ill., that God's terrorism [lightning] was to blame. God don't like us making bourbon.”

“Dang, ya beat me to it!”

“Wow! It's not a political thread!”

“God doesn't like Bourbon??

LMAO!!”

“"Dang, ya beat me to it!"
treebait
09:28:52 PM
08/04/03

See the Today's Storm thread.

I used to live and work in Bourbon County, Ky.”

“Don't ya know, the gods like Mead!”