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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.

What we don't know:

FOX 17 Nashville reported that "some people" were killed in the blast and others were injured, but exact numbers and details were not yet clear. The sheriff said crews were working to notify families.

The cause of the blast was also still unknown. Multiple agencies from the local, state, and f

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