The blast happened at a plant owned by Accurate Energetic Systems. Officials did not specify a death toll but said 19 people were missing.

Eighteen people are missing after a blast at a military explosives manufacturing facility in Tennessee on Friday. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said one person initially believed to be on site had been located at home. Four or five people were taken to a nearby hospital after the enormous explosion that levelled the factory.

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Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis did not give a number on the people who have died, but he did say, “Anyone inside the building, we can assume they are deceased.”

Authorities said 18 remain missing after a deadly explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems' plant in Tennessee killed multiple workers Friday morning.

Casualties have been reported following an explosion that occurred Friday morning at a manufacturing plant in Bucksnort, officials said.

A morning explosion at a bomb-making facility in Hickman County levels building. Search continues for people who were unaccounted for after blast