US Edition16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday and there are no survivors, the sheriff says
At least 18 people are presumed dead after a massive blast leveled a building and scattered debris over 800 meters, with investigations ongoing amid hazardous conditions.
- 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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Search after Tennessee explosion finds no survivors, officials say - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
The search through the remnants of an ammunition plant in central Tennessee shifted Saturday to a mission to recover the remains of the missing, as hope of finding signs of life all but vanished after an explosion a day earlier, officials said.
Authorities expect no survivors after Tennessee plant explosion left 18 missing
Investigators do not expect to find any survivors after an explosives plant in rural Tennessee blew up Friday morning, leaving more than a dozen people unaccounted for as of Saturday.
A massive explosion at an explosives factory near McEwen, Tennessee, on Friday killed 16 people, local authorities said Saturday evening. Initially, 18 people were reported dead, but two missing people were later found who were not near the factory at the time of the explosion.
Authorities have revised the death toll to 16 dead, while they are investigating all possibilities for the causes of the disaster.
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