There Are No Survivors in the Blast at a Tennessee Explosives Factory, Sheriff Says

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis, right, stands next to Hickman County Sheriff J. Craft as they address the press during a news conference at Accurate Energetic Systems, an explosives plant, after a blast resulted in multiple fatalities and others missing in Bucksnort, Tenn., on Oct. 10, 2025. AP Photo/John Amis

McEWEN, Tenn.—The blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around left no survivors, authorities said Saturday.

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said during a news conference that officials were working on the assumption that all of the people at the site were dead. The total number of people who died was unclear, as was the cause of the blast.