US Edition16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday and there are no survivors, the sheriff says
Authorities confirmed all 16 people at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant died; 300 responders are conducting a slow recovery amid hazardous conditions and ongoing investigation.
- 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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16 workers killed in Tennessee explosion: Industrial carnage followed by media cover-up
Sixteen workers were incinerated in a US weapons plant—the largest mass death in an industrial disaster since the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion—and the news networks and other corporate media simply moved on.
A factory that makes munitions for the military exploded, killing 16 people and leaving no survivors
Accurate Energetic Systems has been awarded numerous military contracts, largely by the U.S. Army and Navy, to supply different types of munitions and explosives.
16 people are feared dead after an explosion completely destroyed an explosives factory in the US state of Tennessee. Aerial photos show how the facility has been completely leveled.
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.
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