(13 Nov 2024)
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Louisville, Kentucky – 11 November 2024
1. fire truck near explosion
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Parobek, neighbor:
“So that’s my kitchen window right there. The blast actually blew out this way onto the roof, but I had a couple leftover Domino’s boxes, so, made do with what I had. .”
3. firefighters gathered after working explosion
4.SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Parobek, neighbor:
“You never really expect this to happen in your neighborhood, but everybody’s safe. We’ve had probably 10 windows in the whole four-plex blown out. I lucked out. I only had one.”
5. Firefighters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Livers, neighbor:
“My mom called me about 3:30-ish, she said hey, you know, your house is destroyed, right? And I was just kind of brushed it off, like, oh, you know what happened? The tree branch fell on? And then she turned on the camera, FaceTime, I was like, oh, it is destroyed. And that’s, yeah, it’s, it’s a mess.”
7. Emergency vehicles near explosion
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Livers, neighbor:
“Anything that was on the wall is on the floor, you know, It looks seems like the whole house has shifted, you know, drywall throughout the house upstairs downstairs.”
9. Police and fire trucks at dusk
STORYLINE:
At least 11 employees were taken to hospitals after an explosion on Tuesday at a Louisville, Kentucky, business that produces natural color for foods and drinks.
The explosion, which happened at Givaudan Sense Colour, knocked out windows and blew in doors in nearby homes and businesses. News video footage showed an industrial building with the middle section burned and partially collapsed. The cause remained unknown.
The University of Louisville Hospital treated seven of the people injured and two of them are in critical condition, said Dr. Jason Smith, chief medical officer for University of Louisville Health. Hospital officials activated decontamination procedures for the victims, a process that involves removing their clothing and all the chemicals on them and then taking them for evaluation and treatment, Smith said.
A Givaudan spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Tuesday night. No one answered the phone at the company’s Louisville office, and a man who answered at the Port Washington, Wisconsin, office declined to comment.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said officials spoke to employees inside the plant. “They have initially conveyed that everything was normal activity when the explosion occurred,” he said.
Greenberg said officials have accounted for everyone who was working at the plant at the time of the explosion. Officials would not comment on the severity of the employees’ injuries.
Louisville Fire Chief Brian O’Neill said air monitoring began immediately after the explosion and “nothing at this point has ever shown any type of chemical problems in the air in this entire region.” O’Neill also said that fire officials “don’t precisely know yet exactly what types of leaks may happen or may be ongoing,” but he urged residents to stay calm.
Louisville Metro Emergency Services had urged people within a mile of the business to shelter in place, but that order was lifted about two hours after the explosion.
The blast knocked out several windows in a nearby business district, and many were boarded up as night fell.
Steve Parobek was cleaning up glass around the fourplex apartment he lives in just a block away from the plant. His kitchen window blew out from the blast while he was at work.
“I lucked out; I only had one," he said.
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