Multiple People Dead After Explosion at Tennessee Munitions Plant: Sheriff

The explosion took place on Oct. 10.

Debris covers the ground and vehicles after a powerful blast ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant in Hickman County, Tenn., on Oct. 10, 2025. WTVF-TV via AP

More than one person is dead after an Oct. 10 blast at a facility in Tennessee that makes explosives, a local sheriff has said.

“We do have several people at this time unaccounted for. We are trying to be mindful of families and that situation,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told a briefing after the explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in Bucksnort. “We do have some folks we can confirm ... that are deceased.”