The Real Fireball – Firenado At Jim Beam Factory In Kentucky
A real life fireball struck the Jim Beam factory in Kentucky when archived footage was released on The Weather Channel last week of a 2003 lightning strike on a retention pond at the factory that then ignited the bourbon-laden water and whipped it up into a brief “firenado” that then caused a fire in the surrounding area. Before being put out, however, the fire killed many fish and Jim Beam ultimately had to fork over $27,000 in cleanup costs for the bourbon blaze…