Multiple people dead in 'devastating blast' at explosives manufacturer in Tennessee: Sheriff

Multiple radical are dormant pursuing a "devastating blast" astatine an explosives manufacturing works successful Tennessee connected Friday, according to authorities.

The detonation occurred Friday greeting astatine Accurate Energetic Systems successful McEwen, located astir 50 miles westbound of Tennessee.

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed to reporters determination are "some" fatalities and respective radical missing successful the blast, though helium did not springiness circumstantial numbers.

At slightest 13 radical are unaccounted for, Hickman County Mayor Jim Bates told ABC News.

This is simply a breaking quality update. Below is simply a erstwhile report.

A almighty blast ripped done a subject explosives manufacturing works successful agrarian Tennessee connected Friday morning, rattling homes miles distant and bringing exigency responders to the scene, authorities and residents said.

At slightest 13 radical are unaccounted for, Hickman County Mayor Jim Bates told ABC News. One gathering was wholly destroyed and crews are battling an progressive brushwood occurrence that crews.

The detonation happened astatine Accurate Energetic Systems adjacent the municipality of Bucksnort, astir 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Nashville, the Hickman County Sheriff's Office said. The bureau asked radical successful a societal media station to debar the country to let responders to bash their work.

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Emergency responders were not yet capable to spell successful due to the fact that determination proceed to beryllium explosions, Hickman County Advanced EMT David Stewart told The Associated Press by telephone. He said helium didn't person immoderate details connected whether anyone had been hurt.

Accurate Energetic Systems, based successful adjacent McEwan, did not instantly respond to a telephone connection seeking remark Friday morning.

Video from the country showed a burning debris tract with fume billowing into the air. WTVF-TV successful Nashville broadcast images of debris strewn astir the site, with damaged vehicles successful a parking lot. The quality presumption said it received calls from radical successful the country who felt a ample explosion.

Residents successful Lobelville, much than a 20-minute thrust from the manufacturer, said they felt their homes shingle and immoderate radical captured the large roar of the detonation connected their location cameras.

The blast rattled Gentry Stover from his sleep.

"I thought the location had collapsed with maine wrong of it," helium told the AP by phone. "I unrecorded precise adjacent to Accurate and I realized astir 30 seconds aft I woke up that it had to person been that."

The Associated Press and ABC News contributed to this report.