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Kentucky bourbon warehouse collapse kills fish in waterways, officials say
By Danielle Haynes Follow @DanielleHaynes1 Contact the Author | June 26, 2018 at 5:51 PM
June 26 (UPI) -- The partial collapse of a bourbon warehouse in Kentucky leaked alcohol into nearby waterways, killing hundreds of fish, state environmental officials said.
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet said they found 1,000 dead fish in Withrow Creek and Beach Fork River near the site of the Barton 1792 distillery in Bardstown, Ky. They believe the bourbon is to blame.
"I think it's pretty obvious why they died," John Mura, director of communications for the agency, told CNN.
Part of a warehouse collapsed Friday, causing 9,000 barrels of bourbon to crash to the ground. The warehouse, one of several buildings on the distillery's 192-acre site, held about 18,000 barrels of aging bourbon.
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