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The devastating blast at the explosives plant in Hickman County Friday morning registered as a 1.6 magnitude earthquake, according to the USGS.
Sissy Stine is comforted by her husband Jamie Denson as they pray with their son B.J. Denson, left, during a candlelight vigil at the Maple Valley Baptist Church for the victims in the explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Nunnelly, Tenn.
Those at the church, founded in 1946 as a rural tent revival, were not alone in their grief. Throughout Humphreys County and Hickman County, peopled gathered with their churches for support and comfort in the days after the tragedy.
Sheriff confirms that 16 presumed dead after the AES facility explosion in Tennessee, with no survivors found. Investigations and controlled detonations continue.
The 16 people who were killed in the Oct. 10 explosion at Accurate Energetic Explosives have been officially identified by authorities.
Newly released drone footage shows nothing but rubble and soot at the former site of an Accurate Energetic Systems facility.