HUMPHREYS COUNTY, Tenn. — Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis held a press conference Monday afternoon, where he released the names of those presumed dead in an explosion at an explosives company.
Officials said the explosion happened around 7:45 a.m. CDT on Friday at a building on the Accurate Energetic Systems campus, which is located along the county line in Hickman and Humphreys counties.
Sheriff Davis said he decided to release the names of all 16 because of the misinformation about the blast being spread online. Davis read those names alongside Hickman County Sheriff Jason Craft.
The victims are:
Jason Adams
Eric Anderson
Billy Baker
Adam Boatman
Christopher Clark
Mindy Clifton
James Cook
Briana Gillingham
Latisha Mayes
Jeremy Moore
Melinda Rayne
Mellissa Stanford
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