Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said several people were unaccounted for and that some people died in the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems.

Cynthia Abrams with NPR Member station WPLN reports from Humphreys County, where officials say at least 18 people are missing and feared dead after an explosion at a military explosives plant.

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Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed 16 victims in the blast at a news conference on Saturday night.

Authorities say a blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around killed 16 people ...

The families of 16 victims killed in a devastating blast at a Tennessee explosives plant have been notified of their loss, as ...

Authorities have identified the 16 people killed in a devastating blast at a rural Tennessee explosives plant last week.

The blast that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around in rural Tennessee left no survivors, authorities ...

Accurate Energetic Systems manufactures explosives and energetic devices for aerospace, defense, demolition and mining industries, according to its website.

Multiple people are dead or unaccounted for after a military explosives facility in Tennessee blew up Friday morning, ...

Officials are investigating a blast that leveled an explosives plant in rural Tennessee, as families of the 18 people missing ...