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Nineteen people are missing after a blast at a military explosives manufacturing facility in Tennessee on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said four or five people were taken to a nearby hospital after the enormous explosion that levelled a factory, and that several are deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There’s nothing to describe, it’s gone,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plant in Bucksnort, Tennessee – roughly 56 miles (90km) south west of Nashville – specialises in the development, manufacture, handling and storage of explosives. The cause of the blast remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aerial video from the scene showed charred debris, smouldering vehicles and little remaining of the facility, which is owned by Accurate Energetic Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheriff Davis, who was visibly emotional during his first media briefing of the day, declined to say exactly how many people died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he noted that the plant had been up and running when the explosion happened and that secondary blasts forced first responders to keep their distance from the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Workers who had just started their day “now may be missing or deceased”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A lot of times, when I have these types of situations, I refer to them more than just a person…we’re missing 19 souls,” Davis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a second briefing hours later, Davis confirmed that 19 people were still unaccounted for and that the explosion happened in a large building. It flung debris across a half square mile, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This was a massive enough explosion that I can tell you that folks in Waverly felt and heard this explosion,” he said, referring to a town about 15.5 miles (25km) north west of the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Davis declined to answer whether he believed the explosion was accidental or intentional, saying that “we have to make the worst assumption in order to find the truth”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee in a social media post said his office was monitoring the ongoing situation, and referred to it as a “tragic incident”. State and local authorities were working with federal agencies to respond to the explosion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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