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According to Sherry Bray from Kentucky State Police, at 9:20 p.m., state police were made aware of an incident in front of the Midway and began to take action to secure the area.
The Kentucky State Fair is the official state fair of Kentucky which takes place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. More than 600,000 fairgoers fill the 520 acres (2.1 km 2 ) of indoor and outdoor exhibits; activities include sampling a wide variety of food and riding several roller coasters during the 11-day event.
July 9 – 1937 Fox vault fire, Little Ferry, New Jersey, burned and destroyed almost all of the studio's pre-1932 silent films. September 7 – Witley Court in Worcestershire, England, burned down. September 17 – Rotunde, a landmark of the 1873 Vienna World's Fair, Austria, burned down.
Marathon County Fairgrounds; Meadow Event Park; Mercer County Fairgrounds; Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building; Monroe County Fairgrounds; Montana ExpoPark; Montana State Fairgrounds Racetrack; Muscatine County Fairgrounds
Kentucky State Police said in a statement on Twitter that the fair began a “soft close” at about 10 p.m. to ensure the safety of attendees. Police confirmed there have been no reported injuries.
A state of emergency has been declared in Kentucky following heavy rainfall and flash flooding in the state over the weekend.
Columbus is a home rule-class city in Hickman County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 140 at the 2020 census, a decline from 229 in 2000. The city lies at the western end of the state, less than a mile from the Mississippi River. Columbus-Belmont State Park borders the city to the west.
No official evacuations have been ordered; volunteer fire crews working to protect threatened buildings.