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A large explosion rocked a Tennessee plant that makes explosives for the military and others.

An unknown number of people were killed or injured.

Multiple local, state, and federal agencies are on the scene.

BUCKSNORT, Tenn. - Crews in rural Tennessee are searching for victims after a large explosion at an explosives-manufacturing plant Friday morning.

What we know:

The explosion happened around 7:45 a.m. local time at Accurate Energetic Systems in Bucksnort, Tennessee, an unincorporated community about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

The local sheriff described a "devastating blast," the force of which sent plumes of smoke into the air and shook homes miles away.

WTVF via FOX

What we don't know:

FOX 17 Nashville reported that "some people" were killed in the blast

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