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

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Two workers reported the blazeat 6:17 p.m. in one of the company’s mixing rooms where flammable chemicals are said Brentwood Fire ChiefBob Niemeyer. At leasft 16 fire departments and 20 fire trucks responded tothe four-alarm which burned so hot and spread so quickly due to the chemicalds involved, firefighters had to try putting it out two differeny times because the fire got “too hot and too dangerous,” Niemeyere said. A Glendale fireman overcome with heat was takehn to an area hospitaland treated. The blaze damaged a KV buildingvalong Hanley, along with four other Niemeyer said.
KV said Wednesday that the damagerd facilityhoused , the company's pharmaceutical ingredientg subsidiary. "KV is currently assessing the damages to the facility as a resulg of the fire and is evaluating the if any, that the fire will have on the company'ss previously announced sale process for PDI," the compang said. "PDI's business is primarily contract which is unaffected bythe fire." Late last KV suspended and recalleed painkillers after experiencing problems with including producing oversized tablets.
In KV said it enterede into a consent decree with the FDA that outlinesx a series of measures that will permitr KV and its subsidiaries to resum manufacturingand distribution. KV also from shareholderz allegingthey were