US Edition16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday and there are no survivors, the sheriff says
- On Friday, a blast at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant in Bucksnort, Tennessee, left 19 workers unaccounted for, according to officials.
- Federal and state investigators, including the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, have joined the probe at the Accurate Energetic Systems site, where the cause remains under active investigation.
- Residents near Lobelville and Bucksnort reported homes shook and a towering smoke column, with Gentry Stover saying `I thought the house had collapsed with me inside of it` and Michael Hooper adding `We thought something hit our truck`; local media reported six injured in the blast.
- Rescue crews and the Hickman County Emergency Management Agency continue searching while local roads and the plant perimeter remain closed, and Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed some deaths.
- AES's contract history supplying the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy and 2019 Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations raise safety and economic concerns.
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A powerful explosion at an explosives plant in Tennessee, the United States left 16 dead and destroyed a whole building. Authorities investigate the causes.
A powerful explosion destroys the entire explosives factory. The number of missing people raises fears of the worst.
Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis listed the number of fatalities in 16 after the massive explosion that destroyed the Accurate Energetic System building in Tennessee, United States, shortly after confirming that none of those present at the factory at the time of the accident had been found alive. “I can tell you that we have notified the 16 families of the people we consider to be involved in this situation, in this tragedy,” Davis said at …
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