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An explosion at a Tennessee military explosives plant left no survivors, a day after authorities reported that 18 people were missing.

The blast leveled the Accurate Energetic Systems facility, scattering debris over half a mile and shaking homes 15 miles away.

The cause of Friday morning’s explosion remains under investigation.

McEWEN, Tenn. — The blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around left no survivors, authorities said Saturday.

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said during a news conference that officials were working on the assumption that all of the people at the site were dead. The number of people who died was unclear,

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