10 Injured in Second Dippin' Dots Factory Explosion in Two Years
On 7/21/21 at 9:09 PM EDT
Ten people have been confirmed as injured Wednesday in a Dippin' Dots factory explosion—the second of its kind within two years.
The explosion occurred Wednesday afternoon at a factory owned by Dippin' Dots in Paducah, Kentucky. Robin Newberry, a Paducah Police spokeswoman said 10 people were injured and were transported to two local hospitals, Baptist Health Paducah and Mercy Health Lourdes.
"This is a terrible accident, which occurred at our contract manufacturing facility and did not involve our headquarters and ice cream production facility," read an official statement from the company that was emailed to