A powerful explosion ripped through a military explosives facility in Tennessee on Friday morning, leaving multiple people dead and 19 others missing, officials said. Video from the scene showed damaged vehicles and charred debris scattered around the area.

The explosion took place at Accurate Energetic Systems, a military explosives plant, around 7:45 a.m. Central time on Friday morning, Humphrey County Sheriff Chris Davis said during an afternoon news conference. The blast occurred in one of the eight buildings on the campus.

Davis said there were 19 people unaccounted for and that there were fatalities. He did not specify how many people had died. "Four or five" people were taken to the hospital, Davis said, but he added that he and his team had been focused on the scene and might not

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