James Comer told CNN that it appears the worst of the damage is in the Mayfield area. Search-and-rescue teams are in the process of going through the rubble, Gordon said. Andy Beshear said during a morning press conference, adding that 'we believe we'll lose at least dozens of those individuals.' There were about 110 people inside the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory at the time the tornado hit, Gov.

What you're seeing behind me is nothing to what goes on for the next four or five miles,' Michael Gordon told CNN. 'When I got to this area, it was flashing lights in every direction. Trees down, roads impassable. It looked like a war zone. . Brett Adair/LSMĪ tornado left a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, 'just a pile of rubble,' according to a storm chaser on the ground.

Scene from Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory, in Mayfield, Kentucky, early Saturday, December 11, 2021.