The second half of a building housing thousands of barrels of aging liquor collapsed Wednesday at the Barton 1792 distillery in Bardstown.Nelson County Emergency Management spokesman Milt Spalding said about 9,000 barrels of aging spirits were affected during the first collapse on June 22. The building reportedly housed about 18,000 barrels of aging liquor, and the remaining barrels came crashing down just before 2:30 p.m.Spalding said crews, including the Bardstown Fire Department, arrived at the scene within five minutes."It's not the call you ever want to get, but now we've gotten it twice in just a couple weeks," Spalding said, adding it was difficult to describe the scene. "It's just a mountain of barrels, it's hard to describe. Just a pile, a pile of barrels."According to Bardstown Fire Chief Billy Mattingly, the "mountain" included not only the barrels from Wednesday's collapse, but the thousands of barrels that had not yet been removed from the first collapse."I wish them well," said Charles Mattingly, who lives nearby. "I hope they all learn from the incident and move forward and do the right things."Mattingly can see the rickhouses from his porch."Bourbon is bourbon," he said. "That being said, it's just business."Less than two weeks ago, part of Warehouse 30 crumbled to the ground.Distilled spirits poured into nearby creeks, poisoning the waterways and killing thousands of fish."Hopefully it's a lesson learned," Mattingly said.On July 4, the remaining half of the building gave way, leaving behind a stack of barrels and a steady flow of brown liquid."It was just a matter of time because it was probably something they couldn't go in and do because it was probably unsafe," Mattingly said.A Barton 1792 spokesperson said the surviving half of the warehouse had not been secured due to "worker safety concerns."The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet said the distillery installed two retention pools after the first collapse.When the second half of the warehouse fell, those pools trapped the distilled spirits, keeping them from getting in the water.At this point, it is unknown how many barrels can be salvaged. However, plans are already underway to construct a new warehouse on the site to store the recovered barrels.The company said it's had a third party inspect its other warehouses and all have been deemed safe.