"The company's website says it makes and tests explosives at an eight-building facility that sprawls across wooded hills in the Bucksnort area, about 97 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of Nashville. The cause of the explosion, which Davis called devastating, was not immediately known, and the investigation could take days, the sheriff said. Aerial footage of the aftermath from the news channel WTVF-TV showed the explosion had apparently obliterated one of the facility's hilltop buildings, leaving only smoldering wreckage and the burnt-out shells of vehicles."
"Emergency crews were initially unable to enter the plant because of continuing detonations, Hickman County Advanced EMT David Stewart said by phone. He didn't have any details on casualties. Local station WTVF-TV captured the wreckage on the ground after the October 10 explosion [WTVF-TV via AP] Accurate Energetic Systems, based in nearby McEwen, did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment Friday morning."
An explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in rural Humphreys County, Tennessee, left 19 people missing and feared dead after a Friday blast. The facility manufactures and tests explosives across eight buildings on wooded hills near Bucksnort, about 97 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of Nashville. Residents reported hearing and feeling the explosion miles away. Aerial footage showed one hilltop building apparently obliterated, with smoldering wreckage and burnt-out vehicle shells. Emergency crews initially could not enter due to continuing detonations, but officials later said there was no further danger and the scene was under control. The cause remains unknown and the investigation could take days.
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