MCEWEN, Tenn. (WTVF) — The small community of McEwen came together Friday night at Hurricane Free Will Baptist Church for a vigil following a devastating plant explosion that has left families and friends grieving.

The vigil filled church pews with prayers as the tight-knit community processed the tragedy that occurred Friday, October 10.

"These families again, their kids would play ball together, go to school together," said the pastor during the service.

Community member Janie Brown, who knows several families affected by the explosion, described the close bonds in McEwen.

"You know everybody, everybody knows everybody," Brown said.

Brown works with one woman whose son was involved in the explosion and knows another family member who was also affected. Her own granddaughter's mother

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