“We keep finding bodies” in the factory, says Kentucky governor

The governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, assured this Sunday that they continue to find bodies in the rubble of the candle factory that collapsed after the passage of a tornado on Friday night, but that he is still waiting for a “miracle.”

At a press conference in Mayfield, the city hardest hit by the wave of more than 30 tornadoes that hit six states, authorities said they are still desperately searching for possible survivors at the candle factory, although for now they are only recovering bodies.

“We continue to find bodies,” said Beshear, who did not want to advance new figures and maintains the demonstrations this Saturday that it is feared that there are about 70 people under the rubble of the Mayfield factory.

The governor explained that the last person they found alive was at dawn from Friday to Saturday and since then they have only been able to recover “multiple bodies.”

However, they maintain that it is still rescue tasks that are carried out in the remains of a factory in which at the time of collapse there were about 110 people, of whom only 40 have survived so far.

But Beshear is still confident that “little miracles” will take place in the form of rescuing people.

The Secretary of National Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, traveled to Mayfield this Sunday and visited the place where the candle factory was and spoke with firefighters who work there.

Mayorkas assured that the Federal Government will do what “is necessary” and will do what is in “its power” to help local authorities and rescue teams.

US President Joe Biden approved the Kentucky emergency declaration on Saturday, allowing more funds and personnel to be sent to the area.

In Kentucky, 300 National Guard soldiers are deployed, the governor said, noting that the military is searching house to house and giving “certainty” to the survivors of Friday night, when four tornadoes touched down in different areas of the state.

They were not the only ones, since more than 30 did so in half a dozen states, where they left a balance of six dead in Illinois, four in Tennessee, two in Arkansas and two in Missouri, according to local authorities. EFE

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