LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A person died in an explosion at a plant in Shively over the weekend.

The Louisville and Shively fire departments were called to a fire alarm in the 2500 block of 7th Street Road, a business called AAK Inc., at 12:39 p.m. Sunday, Shively Fire Chief Charles Mucker said.

Fire crews arrived and found no visible fire, but plant employees led firefighters to the area where an explosion happened from a hydrogen tank conversion process.

"They use a lot of hydrogen to convert their oils into usable products, and the explosion was in dealing with the hydrogen," Chief Mucker told WDRB News.

Mucker said firefighters found one person dead from the explosion. He said the fire was contained to outside of the building.

According to the plant's website , AAK produces plant

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