Ten people are taken to hospital after explosion while truck was unloading liquid nitrogen at a Dippin' Dots facility in Kentucky
Ten individuals have been injured after an explosion at a Dippin' Dots facility in Paducah, Kentucky, on Wednesday evening. The explosion took place as a truck unloaded liquid nitrogen at the facility, according to Paducah Police spokeswoman Robin Newberry. Liquid nitrogen is an essential ingredient in the production of Dippin' Dots, frequently used to the freeze ice cream into its popular little dots. But the Paducah facility is not one where Dippin' Dots ice cream is made, and is instead used to produce ingredients for a third party, WPSD reports. Five individuals were transported to Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital, and five others were taken to Baptist Health Paducah, police said According to Newberry, all 10 of the injured individuals were able to walk out of the facility on their own. The explosion took place off Charter Oak Drive on Industrial Drive in Paducah, after a truck unloaded liquid nitrogen at the facility, according to Paducah Police spokeswoman Robin