(CNN) — Some people are dead and several people are unaccounted for after an explosion at a military explosives company in Tennessee, local officials say.

“We do have some folks, we can confirm that we do have some that are deceased,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said at a news conference on Friday.

David Stewart with Hickman County Emergency Services said the office could not verify “the extent of damage or injuries” in a phone call earlier this morning.

The company, Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC, is located about an hour southwest of Nashville, Tennessee, on the Hickman and Humphreys County line, the Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office told CNN.

Multiple agencies have responded to the scene and are working to assess and contain the fire but are currently holding back from th

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