MCEWEN, Tenn. (WSMV) - Gov. Bill Lee will hold a press conference after surveying damage left by the deadly explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems.
Lee will be speaking with local officials and the families of the people still missing after the tragic incident that happened on Friday morning.
Around 2:30 p.m., Lee is expected to address the media in a press conference.
Lee is expected to speak about what happened.
On Saturday, a local sheriff confirmed that 16 people are dead following the blast at the McEwen explosives plant. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said the number dropped from the 19 originally reported missing after three people were found safe.
Davis said his department has notified all 16 families, but investigators are still combing through the expansive scene, and