An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, a county sheriff said, as first responders said secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning site.
The blast occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems, according to the Hickman County Sheriff's Office. The company's website says it makes and tests explosives at an eight-building facility that sprawls across wooded hills near Bucksnort, Tenn., a town about 95 kilometers southwest of Nashville.
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