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A six-alarm fire is raging at Louisville, KY manufacturing facility GE Appliance Park.
More than 120 firefighters are battling the massive blaze, which has engulfing a building, Chief Kevin Tyler from Jefferson County Fire Service told NBC News.
"The structure has collapsed," he said. "We have 18 different fire districts throughout Jefferson County on the scene."
Aerial views showed the facility covered in a billowing plume of black smoke, which could be seen for miles.
There were no injuries, Tyler said.
The fire came as emergency crews were also dealing with flash flooding throughout the southern portion of Jefferson County, complicating efforts to quell it.
GE Appliance Park is a 1,000-acre facility that is headquarters to GE Consumer & Industrial, the appliances division of GE. About 6,000 employees work there.
JC will be busy this morning. Good luck JC, Be Save!!!!!
More than 120 firefighters are battling the massive blaze, which has engulfing a building, Chief Kevin Tyler from Jefferson County Fire Service told NBC News.
"The structure has collapsed," he said. "We have 18 different fire districts throughout Jefferson County on the scene."
Aerial views showed the facility covered in a billowing plume of black smoke, which could be seen for miles.
There were no injuries, Tyler said.
The fire came as emergency crews were also dealing with flash flooding throughout the southern portion of Jefferson County, complicating efforts to quell it.
GE Appliance Park is a 1,000-acre facility that is headquarters to GE Consumer & Industrial, the appliances division of GE. About 6,000 employees work there.
JC will be busy this morning. Good luck JC, Be Save!!!!!
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