Authorities have reported that multiple fatalities have occurred and several individuals are still unaccounted for following a blast at an explosives manufacturing facility in Tennessee on Friday. 

Officials said that “multiple” people were dead after a massive explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort just before 8 a.m.

An official with Humphrey County Emergency Management said at least 19 are missing and that multiple others have been hospitalized. 

An explosion happened at Accurate Energetic Systems in Hickman County, Tennessee, leaving several people dead, authorities said.  (WTVF)

The business’s website states that it is “committed to the development, production, management, and storage of top-tier energetic products for use in both defense and commercial sectors.”

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