Nineteen people are missing after a major explosion at a Tennessee bomb factory Friday morning.
The blast was reported just before 8 a.m. local time at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant at the Hickman-Humphreys county line, west of Nashville.
Nineteen employees were inside the building at the time, and all remain unaccounted for, Humphreys County EMA Director Odell Poyner told WKRN.
BREAKING: Powerful blast at Tennessee military explosives plant rattles homes miles away
At least 13 people are unaccounted for, Hickman County Mayor Jim Bates
A powerful explosion ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant in Bucksnort, Tennessee, early Friday,… pic.twitter.com/KaUA4q0QZe
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Before and after images of the ammunition factory in Tennessee, which experienced an explosion this Friday. #TennesseeExplosion pic.twitter.com/wiHSDrcHCM
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