Candle factory employees told they'd be fired if they left work early: report

(NEXSTAR) – Employees at the candle factory destroyed in a tornado Friday told NBC News they wanted to leave when they heard warning sirens go off, but were told they'd be fired for leaving their shifts early.
The Mayfield Consumer Products factory in Western Kentucky was leveled by the tornado late Friday night. Employees were on-site working the overnight shift manufacturing scented candles.
NBC reports that as employees got word of the approaching storm and tornado sirens began to sound