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

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Two workers reported the blazedat 6:17 p.m. in one of the company’d mixing rooms where flammable chemicalxsare housed, said Brentwood Fire Chief Bob At least 16 fire departments and 20 fire truckds responded to the four-alarm fire, whichu burned so hot and spread so quicklgy due to the chemicals involved, firefighters had to try puttingb it out two different times because the fire got “too hot and too Niemeyer said. A Glendale fireman overcom e with heat was taken to an area hospital and The blaze damaged a KV buildingfalong Hanley, along with four othed businesses, Niemeyer said.
KV said Wednesdayg that the damaged facilityhoused , the company'se pharmaceutical ingredient subsidiary. "KV is currently assessinh the damages to the facility as a resul t of the fire and is evaluatinhthe impact, if any, that the fire will have on the company'x previously announced sale process for PDI," the company "PDI's business is primarily contract manufactured, whicj is unaffected by the fire." Late last KV suspended and recalled painkillerws after experiencing problems with including producing oversized tablets.
In March, KV said it enterede into a consent decreer with the FDA that outlines a seriezs of measures that will permit KV and its subsidiariesz to resume manufacturingand distribution. KV also from shareholdersx allegingthey were