“This is a tragedy for our community,” McEwen Mayor Brad Rachford said in an email.
A powerful explosion ripped through a Tennessee military explosives plant on Friday, authorities said, as smoke and secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning site., according to the Hickman County Sheriff’s Office.
The company’s website says it makes and tests explosives at the eight-building facility that sprawls across wooded hills near Bucksnort, a town about 60 miles southwest of Nashville. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. Video from the scene showed flames and heavy smoke rising from a debris field, and residents miles away reported feeling the explosion. Emergency crews were initially unable to enter the plant because of continuing detonations, Hickman County Advanced EMT David Stewart said by phone. He didn’t have any details on whether anyone had been hurt. Accurate Energetic Systems, based in nearby McEwan, did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment Friday morning. “This is a tragedy for our community,” McEwen Mayor Brad Rachford said in an email. He referred further comment to a county official.broadcast images of debris strewn about the site, with damaged vehicles in a parking lot. The news station said it received calls from people in the area who felt a large explosion. Residents in Lobelville, a 20-minute drive from the scene, said they felt their homes shake and some people captured the loud boom of the explosion on their home cameras.“I thought the house had collapsed with me inside of it,” he said by phone. “I live very close to Accurate and I realized about 30 seconds after I woke up that it had to have been that.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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