Emerging reports say a tornado tore through Mayfield, Kentucky, overnight, flattening a candle factory with over 100 workers inside, destroying a fire station and cutting off power and water for miles.
Washington Post reported that 110 people were working at Mayfield Consumer Products in Kentucky when the building collapsed Friday night.
The family-owned company that makes branded candles and home fragrance products was operating a second shift with more than 100 people in the building when the severe weather hit.
Governor Andy Beshear fought back tears during an emotional press conference late Saturday morning as he and local officials tried to describe the scope of the destruction they had witnessed in the community of about 10,000 people located in the southwest corner of Kentucky.
