Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Updated 11:30 AM CDT, October 10, 2025

McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, authorities said, as secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning site.

The blast occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems, according to the Hickman County Sheriff’s Office. The company’s website says it makes and tests explosives at an eight-building facility that sprawls across wooded hills near Bucksnort, a town about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Nashville.

“We do have several people at this time unaccounted for. We are trying to be mindful of families and that situation,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said at a news conference. “We do have some that are deceased.”

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. Video from the scene showed flames and heavy smoke rising from a debris field, and residents miles away reported feeling the explosion.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-blast-military-explosive-plant-3c26b71217a2ebe7fb4ca4e21b4edcd7

[LoisB]

1. Terrible. I feel for the families of the deceased.

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. "Accurate Energetic Systems"

Obfuscation at its finest.

[RussBLib]

3. Blaming the "radical left" in 3, 2, 1....

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[radicalleft]

4. Antifa blame coming soon

Can't wait to hear that one...

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. I wonder when their last OSHA visit was n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Update at same link says 19 missing and feared dead

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies the military, was one of the worst scenes he’s ever seen. He said multiple people were killed but declined to say how many, referring to the 19 missing as “souls” because officials were still speaking to family.

“There’s nothing to describe. It’s gone,” Davis said of the plant.

There's aerial footage at https://www.newschannel5.com/news/explosion-reported-at-accurate-energetic-systems-in-the-bucksnort-area (though adding suspenseful music to it seems a strange choice for a news report) - it must have been an awful explosion.