US EditionMultiple people dead in 'devastating blast' at explosives manufacturer in Tennessee: Sheriff
Secondary explosions hampered rescue efforts at Accurate Energetic Systems, where 18 people remain missing and multiple fatalities confirmed, officials said.
- At about 7:45 a.m. Friday, a blast tore through Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC near Bucksnort, Tennessee, destroying a building with 19 people missing and feared dead.
- Founded in 1980, Accurate Energetic Systems makes energetic products for defense and commercial markets and suffered a 2014 blast at its McEwen, Tennessee factory that killed one person and injured three.
- Residents in Lobelville reported feeling the blast and WTVF-TV aerial footage showed flames, heavy smoke and a debris field after the explosion.
- Several people were taken to hospitals as agencies worked to contain the site; the Tennessee Department of Transportation closed State Route 230, and the scene was under control Friday afternoon, Grey Collier said.
- With the cause unknown, federal and state investigators including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security have joined the probe, which could take days.
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An explosion shook the US state of Tennessee. An explosives factory has blown up, 18 people are missing.
At least 18 people missing as deadly explosion destroys Tennessee factory
An explosion at an explosives processing facility in rural Tennessee has left numerous people dead or unaccounted for, with investigators now working to determine the cause of one of the state’s most devastating industrial accidents in recent years. The blast occurred at around 7:45 a.m. local time on October 10 2025, at the Accurate Energetic Systems complex in Hickman County… Source
Yesterday there was a devastating explosion at a company in Tennessee that produces ammunition and grenades for the U.S. military. But was it really just an accident, or maybe there is more to it? For the Pentagon this is a bad news, because there are already supply problems. On the morning of October 10, 2025 a huge explosion shook the ammunition company Accurate Energetic Systems (AES) in Tennessee. Whole buildings were razed to the ground, de…
Blast at Tennessee explosives plant leaves dozens missing and feared dead
A blast leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee, leaving behind a mass of twisted metal, burned-out shells of cars and at least 18 people missing and feared dead, authorities said. “There’s nothing to describe. It’s gone,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said of the blast site at Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies and researches explosives for the military.
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