More than one person is dead after a blast at a facility in Tennessee that makes explosives, a local sheriff has said.
“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 after the explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in Bucksnort. “We do have some that are deceased.”
The sheriff’s office declined to immediately provide more information.
Aerial footage showed charred rubble, including multiple vehicles that were destroyed.
It’s not clear yet what caused the explosion.
Accurate Energetic Systems did not immediately respond to a request for comment….