Investigators have found “no survivors” following a “devastating” explosion at a Tennessee military supplier plant on Friday morning that left 18 people unaccounted for.
“At this time, we have recovered no survivors,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said Saturday as he delivered an emotional update on the investigation. Davis did not confirm the exact number of people who were killed.
“I can tell you that more than 300 people have been through almost every square inch of this facility and at this time we’ve recovered no survivors,” he said.
The explosion occurred at the Accurate Energetic Systems facility in the Bucksnort area just before 8 a.m. local time. Officials originally said 19 people were missing, before revising the total to 18 on Friday evening.
Davis called it the most “devastating scene” he’s ever seen: “There’s nothing to describe. It’s gone.”
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