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Nineteen people are missing and feared dead after a blast at an explosives plant in Tennessee on Friday, Oct. 10, authorities said

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said that four or five people were medically evacuated to a local hospital

The cause of the explosion remains unknown at this time

Nineteen people are missing and feared dead after a blast at a Tennessee explosives plant , authorities said in an update hours after the explosion.

"At this time, we have been able to confirm that we do have 19 souls that we're looking for," Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said tearfully in an afternoon news conference, according to BBC News . "I ask you to keep in mind those families."

The sheriff went on to say that there were fatalities, but he did not want to give

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