Explosion at military munitions plant in Bucksnort, Tennessee, Friday, October 10, 2025 – Photo from WTVF via AP

An explosion at a military munitions plant southwest of Nashville, Tennessee, has left multiple people dead and missing.

Rescuers had to keep their distance for hours due to the burning field of debris and risks of secondary explosions.

The blast, which people reported hearing and feeling miles away, occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems. The company’s website says it makes and tests explosives at an eight-building facility that sprawls across wooded hills in Bucksnort, Tennessee, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

“We do have several people at this time unaccounted for. We are trying to be mindful of families and that situation,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis sa

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