Heaven Hill employees reflect on destructive distillery fire 30 years later

Thirty years after a catastrophic fire destroyed the Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, former employees are reflecting on the event. The 1996 blaze consumed nearly 100,000 barrels of bourbon, representing 2% of the world's supply at the time. Despite the massive loss of property and infrastructure, no lives were lost, and the company successfully rebuilt its operations, implementing new safety measures that remain in place today.