The Louisville Fire Department said a “large scale incident” was underway after a reported explosion at the address of Givaudan Sense Colours, a company that makes natural food colorings.

Louisville officials are investigating after an explosion was heard near a plant in the city. The incident is said to have involved hazardous chemicals.

Emergency services have rushed to the Clifton neighbourhood of Louisville following a "hazardous materials incident" after a loud explosion was heard by residents

An explosion in Louisville has left at least 11 injured, officials say. Overhead news video footage showed an industrial building with a large hole in its roof.

An explosion in Louisville has left at least 11 injured, officials say. Overhead news video footage showed an industrial building with a large hole in its roof.

Shocking aerial footage shows a blackened husk of debris in the middle of a partially-destroyed multi-story building in the Clifton neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.

Police say the driver of an SUV appears to have accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes, crashing through the wall of a 7-Eleven in Salt Lake City Tuesday.

Emergency crews were called to a cluster of million-pound homes in Middleton in the early hours of Sunday morning after the inferno ripped through a property on Round Thorn Road.

Several fire crews battled a large blaze that engulfed a single-storey home in Christchurch this afternoon. A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesperson...