Roughly 120,000 gallons (454,000 liters) of would-be bourbon have spilled at a Kentucky distillery.
News outlets report two people were injured in the fermented mash spill Tuesday at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown, where a storage collapse last year left thousands of barrels in a mountainous heap. They’ve been released from a hospital.
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet spokesman John Mura says a leg of a 55,000-gallon (208,000-liter) tank gave way and flipped a container holding the mash.
He says 10,000 gallons (38,000 liters) ran in a storm drain to a tributary, but officials don’t believe there’s a threat to drinking water.
Amy Preske, a spokeswoman for Barton 1792’s parent company, Sazerac, said Tuesday they were working to secure the area.
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