Aerial footage of the aftermath by WTVF-TV showed the smoldering wreckage left behind. Emergency crews were initially unable to enter the plant because of continuing detonations.
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Accurate Energetic Systems, which makes and tests explosives at an eight-building facility about 60 miles southwest of Nashville, has paused all operations at the facility.
UK Independent
The sheriff would not put a number on fatalities, but confirmed that four to five individuals were airlifted to a nearby hospital.
He said that 19 others remain unaccounted for.
“I refer to them more than just a person… we’re missing 19 souls,” he said, declining to confirm the number of fatalities.
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In 2014, a deadly explosion occurred at the Rio Ammunition facility in McEwen, Tennessee, Mayor Jim Bates mentioned on CNN.
The blast was determined to be accidental, according to a preliminary investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ National Response Team, per The Tennessean.
It happened during cartridge loading operations at the plant, which was operated by explosives manufacturer Maxam and located on property owned by Accurate Energetic Systems, the outlet reported.
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