Thousands of fish have died after booze ended up in the Kentucky River during a fire at a Jim Beam warehouse.
The warehouse, which held around 45,000 barrels of whiskey, went up in flames on Tuesday.
Run-off from firefighters' hoses ended up in the river and now dead fish can be seen floating on top of the water and piling up on its banks.
A containment system was set up at the warehouse in an attempt to stop the booze/water mixture from ending up in the water, as well as aeration devices being added to try and reduce the number of the fish dying, CNN reports.
However, despite this, thousands of fish are thought to have perished.
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet has said the 'alcohol plume' in the river is around 23 miles long and should hit the Ohio River at some point today (Monday 8 July) where it will be watered down as it joins the larger river.
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