A massive explosion this week at a food dye factory in Louisville, Kentucky, left two people dead and a dozen others injured as smoke billowed out of torn metal structures and rubble.

Givaudan Sense Colour confirmed two employees were killed in Tuesday's explosion which was felt across Louisville.

Company officials from Givaudan plan to be at next week's community meeting in the wake of an explosion in Louisville that killed two people and damaged several homes. A massive explosion occurred at the Givaudan Sense Colour factory in the Clifton neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.