An explosion occurred at a munitions facility 60 miles west of Nashville Friday morning, leaving an unknown number of people dead and injured.

Humphrey’s County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed the blast “encompassed one whole building” at the Accurate Energetic Systems campus and confirmed that “some” people had died and several were unaccounted for as of 11 a.m.

“We have the scene as secure as possible at this time,” said Davis at a news conference held outside the company’s campus.

Accurate Energetic Systems is an explosive manufacturing company, owning a 1,300-acre campus in the McEwen and Bucksnort area, according to its website.

The company has several ongoing multi-million dollar U.S. defense contracts to provide the Army and Navy with various explosive components and devices.

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