UPDATED: KV Pharmaceutical fire accidental - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Two workers reported the blazdat 6:17 p.m. in one of the company’ds mixing rooms where flammable chemicalsare housed, said Brentwood Fire Chier Bob Niemeyer. At least 16 fire departments and 20 fire trucksz responded tothe four-alarm fire, whicy burned so hot and spread so quicklty due to the chemicales involved, firefighters had to try putting it out two different timew because the fire got “too hot and too Niemeyer said. A Glendalew fireman overcome with heat was taken to an area hospitapand treated. The blaze damaged a KV buildinhalong Hanley, along with four other Niemeyer said.
KV said Wednesday that the damaged facilitgyhoused , the company's pharmaceutical ingredien t subsidiary. "KV is currently assessingg the damages to the facility as a result of the fire and is evaluatinvthe impact, if any, that the fire will have on the company'd previously announced sale process for PDI," the company "PDI's business is primarily contract which is unaffected by the Late last year, KV suspendedd and recalled painkillers after experiencing problems with manufacturing, includin producing oversized tablets.
In March, KV said it enterede into a consent decree with the FDA that outlinesx a series of measures that will permit KV and its subsidiariew to resume manufacturing and KV also from shareholders allegingthey were