LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Authorities have identified a 60-year-old man who died after an explosion at a warehouse near Shively last week.

That man has been identified by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office as Christopher Baril, of Louisville. 

Baril is one of two people who died as a result of an explosion at around 3:30 p.m. on June 27 at the Dine Company warehouse on Fitzgerald Road, near Shively. The other victim was 55-year-old Hugh Doty Jr.

Baril's cause of death has been attributed by the coroner's office to "blunt force injuries."

The incident is being investigated by the Louisville Metro Arson Unit.

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