Sheriff confirms that 16 presumed dead after the AES facility explosion in Tennessee, with no survivors found. Investigations and controlled detonations continue.

Search efforts are continuing for 18 missing people more than 24 hours after an explosion rocked an explosives manufacturing plant in Hickman County Oct. 10. The plant, near McEwen, Tennessee in the Bucksnort area, was reduced to a pile of rubble in the wake of the blast, which occurred at about 7:45 a.m., officials reported.

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.

The devastating blast at the explosives plant in Hickman County Friday morning registered as a 1.6 magnitude earthquake, according to the USGS.

A community prayer is planned for 6 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Humphreys County Courthouse, 100 N. Court Square in Waverly. The public is invited to pray and support the families of AES, organizers said on a flyer advertising the event. All are welcome.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee lawmakers and officials are speaking out after Friday’s devastating explosion in Hickman County. The explosion took many lives and many people are still missing as of Saturday morning. Tennessee Lawmakers and officials have given reactions as they monitor the ongoing situation in Hickman County.

Update***Officials originally had said 19 people were unaccounted for, then said it was 18 and now 16 are believed to be dead.FOX 17 News is following up on

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

Hickman County Mayor Jim Bates told The Tennessean just after 10:30 a.m. that he has not received confirmation of any injuries or fatalities. The explosion's impact was felt by Bates' wife, who was working at her home office in Liles, Tennessee ...