Multiple people are missing after a building collapsed amid an explosion in Kentucky.
CBS affiliate WLKY has shared dramatic drone footage showing a blackened husk of debris in the middle of a partially-destroyed multi-story building.
Fire authorities said the blast happened on the 1900 block of Payne Street in the Clifton neighborhood of Louisville on Tuesday afternoon.
Sources told WLKY that people are ‘missing and trapped inside’, while residents reported hearing a loud boom from miles away.
Multiple people are missing after a building collapsed amid an explosion on Payne Street in the Clifton neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon
Fire authorities said the blast happened on the 1900 block of Payne Street in the Clifton neighborhood of Louisville on Tuesday afternoon
Local news outlet WLKY has shared dramatic drone footage showing a blackened husk of debris in the middle of a partially-destroyed multi-story building
Louisville Fire Department described the blast as a ‘large scale incident’.
The structure appears to be a commercial building, hosting businesses including natural food coloring company DD Williamson, or Givaudan Sense Colour.
It is not known at this time how many people were inside the building at the time of the blast, or what caused it.
This is a breaking news story with updates to follow.
Louisville Fire Department described the blast as a ‘large scale incident’
The structure (pictured on Google Maps before the explosion) appears to be a commercial building, hosting businesses including natural food coloring company DD Williamson