Kentucky Gov. Beshear Announces Investigation into Candle Factory Tornado Deaths

Kentucky Gov. Beshear Announces Investigation into Candle Factory Tornado Deaths
A woman walks away from what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory as emergency workers combed the rubble after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. John Amis/AFP via Getty Images
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced on Tuesday that an investigation will be carried out into the deaths of eight people who were killed at a candle factory when a tornado struck over the weekend.

At least eight people were killed after the tornado struck the Mayfield Consumer Products factory, the company said on Sunday.