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The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services teams continue to respond following Friday’s devastating explosion at a manufacturer of demolition and military explosives
The explosion was reported Friday at approximately 7:50 a.m. at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant at the Hickman/Humphreys County line.
As investigators continue to comb through the wreckage of an explosion in Tennessee that left 18 people unaccounted for Friday, Nexstar’s WKRN has learned more about the company that operated the facility.
All 16 people inside the building that exploded at Accurate Energetic Systems Oct. 10 are dead, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said at an Oct. 11 press conference.
An explosion in rural Tennessee leveled an explosives plant, killing 16 people, on Oct. 10. The cause of the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems in Humphreys County is still unknown.
The chaplains will be there to "provide emotional and spiritual care" for first responders and families of the plant workers.