A company spokesperson said on Sunday that a candle factory in Kentucky was hit by a tornado. Eight people were confirmed dead and another eight people were unaccounted for. However, dozens of people are still unaccounted for. It is hoped that the midwest tornado outbreak will not cause casualties. As high as initially worried.
Although officials initially stated that 40 of Mayfield Consumer Products’ 110 workers had been rescued, spokesperson Bob Ferguson said that more than 90 have now been found.
Although there are still 8 people missing, I hope they will be safe.
“Many employees gathered in the tornado shelter, and after the storm ended, they left the factory and went home,” he said.
“Due to the power outage and no landline phone, it was difficult for them to get through at first. When we tried their house, we hoped to find more eight people whose whereabouts were unaccounted for.”
The night shift workers at Mayfield Consumer Products were busy lighting candles when a tornado approached the factory, and a word came out: “Hide and cover.” Qiu Kirks pulled down her goggles, hid, and threw them away. Wax and perfume barrels make room. She looked away from her boyfriend Lannis Ward, and when she looked back, he was gone.
He was one of dozens of people worried about death in the ruins of the factory and other parts of the state on Sunday.
Governor Andy Beshear initially warned on Sunday that the total death toll from a tornado that broke out in Mayfield and other communities on Friday night could exceed 100. Candle Company.
“We pray that the initial estimate of the people we have lost may be wrong. If so, that would be great,” the governor said. In the rescue work, Kirks and others can only wait painfully for news from their loved ones.
“Not knowing is worse than knowing now,” she said, “I am trying to stay strong. It is very difficult now.”
Kentucky is by far the hardest-hit state. An unusual tornado across the Midwest and South in mid-December hit the entire community and killed at least 14 people in the other four states.
Authorities said that 40 people from the candle factory were pulled out shortly after the tornado. The number of people in the factory was initially set at 110. At the disaster site that smelled like joss sticks, rescuers had to crawl over the dead to reach the living.
But when people who went to church gathered together to pray for the lost on Sunday morning, more than 24 hours had passed since someone was still alive. Instead, the staff restored people’s lives-including a backpack, a pair of shoes and a mobile phone with 27 missed messages.
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