HICKMAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Casualties have been reported following an explosion Friday morning at a military explosives manufacturing plant in Hickman County, Tennessee, officials said.

The incident reportedly took place at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant. According to the company's website, it makes and tests explosives at the eight-building facility, which sprawls across wooded hills near Bucksnort, a town about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

According to Hickman County officials, the explosion was reported at approximately 7:50 a.m.

Humphreys County EMA Director Odell Poyner later confirmed that at least 19 employees inside the building remained unaccounted for.

Meanwhile, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis would only confirm that several people were unaccounted for, ad

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