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“Sunday Night in America” spoke with Mayfield candle factory owner, whose factory was destroyed after deadly tornadoes to hit the country, pushing through approximately six states.
One of the more devastated areas included the state of Kentucky where about one hundred people are presumed dead or missing.
FEMA IN ‘LIFE-SAVING, SUSTAINING’ MODE COMBING FOR SURVIVORS IN TORNADO DEVASTATION
“A community in Mayfield, Kentucky is the epicenter of the destruction. More than 100 people were working in a candle factory there when their workplace was devastated Friday night,” Fox News host Trey Gowdy said.
Gowdy spoke with the factory owner Troy Propes on any updates on survivors and victims of the devastation.
Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 11, 2021. – Tornadoes ripped through five US states overnight, leaving more than 70 people dead Saturday in Kentucky and causing multiple fatalities at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois that suffered “catastrophic damage” with around 100 people trapped inside. The western Kentucky town of Mayfield was “ground zero” of the storm — a scene of “massive devastation,” one official said. (Photo by John Amis / AFP) (Photo by JOHN AMIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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“Fortunately, FEMA has still declared this a rescue mission. They’re the experts in this situation, and that gives us all hope because, the people of this town and myself, we’re in uncharted waters, Trey. And that is good news for us,” Propes said.
Propes described the scene as the tornado passed over his factory.
“We have 110 people that worked the second shift the other night, making candles for some of the largest brands. This tornado came through with a force that was described in the earlier segment. It totally devastated this community,” Propes said.
It was reported that the candle factory…
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