What we know about the explosion at a Tennessee ammunition plant

"National News The search for the missing after an explosion at a Tennessee ammunition plant has become a search for their remains, officials said Saturday. The search for the missing after an explosion at a Tennessee ammunition plant has become a search for their remains, officials said Saturday. No survivors have been found at the site of the blast that occurred Friday, local authorities said, adding that more than 300 emergency workers had scoured the ruins. Sixteen people remained missing Saturday."

"The explosion occurred at 7:45 a.m. Central time roughly 60 miles west of Nashville. The facility is on a sprawling 1,300-acre campus straddling Hickman and Humphreys counties in rural Tennessee. Witnesses said the explosion was so powerful that it rattled homes at least a dozen miles away and generated a plume of smoke large enough to register on the weather radar of a Nashville television station. There was about half a square mile of damage from the explosion, Davis said at a news conference Friday."

"The explosion occurred at a plant owned by Accurate Energetic Systems, which produces explosives and demolition charges for the U.S. military. The recovery process has been slow, said Sheriff Chris Davis of Humphreys County, Tennessee, at a news conference Saturday, as bomb technicians and explosive specialists worked to ensure that the scene was safe for law enforcement officers to continue the investigation."

An explosion struck an Accurate Energetic Systems ammunition plant in rural Tennessee at 7:45 a.m. Central time, about 60 miles west of Nashville. The plant produces explosives and demolition charges for the U.S. military. No survivors had been found at the blast site, and sixteen people remained missing after more than 300 emergency workers searched the ruins. The blast rattled homes at least a dozen miles away and produced a plume of smoke visible on weather radar. About half a square mile of damage was reported. Bomb technicians and explosive specialists worked to make the grounds safe while FBI and ATF investigators led an inquiry expected to take many days.

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