BASILE — Three people are out of the hospital, including a teenager, after a tornado trapped them inside the building that houses Rheas Specialty Meats Tuesday morning. "Here inside of the front, that is the meat room; we tried to go another way, but the whole room collapsed," said Sally Ceasar, a worker inside the store when the tornado hit.

BASILE, La. ( KLFY) – A tornado has hit parts of Basile. KLFY News has been told that Rhea’s Specialty Meat & Smokehouset was hit. Injuries have been reported.

An EF-1 tornado injured three people when it struck near Basile, Louisiana, Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. (Courtesy: Shameka Wright / Facebook)

Three employees were injured when a tornado hit a butcher shop in Basile Tuesday morning. The storm damaged Rhea’s Specialty Meat & Smokehouse on U.S. 190, and injuries have been reported. Three employees in the building were brought to the hospital.