LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Some Clifton residents oppose a chemical plant being rebuilt after two people died in an explosion Tuesday — a call that is resonating in Louisville’s halls of power.
The blast at Givaudan Sense Colour at 1901 Payne St. could be heard for miles around. It shattered windows of nearby homes and businesses, sending twisted shards of debris into yards and interior rooms and knocking pictures off walls.
The explosion was the second in just over two decades at the plant, which has been operated by Switzerland-based Givaudan since 2021. One worker was killed in 2003 when a tank overheated and burst, according to federal investigators’ conclusion of what likely happened at the facility then operated by D.D. Williamson & Co.
“It makes me feel awful because it’s not ‘if it will happen again, but when it will happen again,'” said Carly Johnson, who was home with …