Tennessee bomb factory worker who previously saved dozens of lives from fire was FIRED... as latest tragedy killed 18

Daily Mail UK ^ | October 12, 2025 | Ben Ashford

[KarlInOhio]

On Friday afternoon I was a hero. On Monday morning I was told I was a piece of c**p and a failure,’ the married dad-of-three told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview.

‘By Wednesday I had been terminated. It was wrong.’

By Thursday I would have been filing OSHA complaints like it was my full time job.

[kiryandil]

I wouldn’t want to be management there after this gets out.

[TexasGator]

What is the rest of the story?

[CFW]

What you want to bet an inexperienced person was given his job?

I’ve said several times that our infrastructure and essential institutions will fail because those that “can” are being fired for those that “can’t” due to DEI practices. DEI actually kills.

[Seruzawa]

Or just to hire someone cheaper.

[ReformedBeckite]

To work at a place like that(a place that builds explosives)you got to be crazy and desperate for a job, having said that the management was probably crazy.

[fidelis]

For sure. Pretty short on details.

[NorthMountain]

epicenter

No, it was the center.

The epicenter is the point on the ground above the underground focus of an earthquake.

[NorthMountain]

Established in 1980, Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC (AES) is recognized as a leading Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) certified by the SBA. We specialize in the development, manufacture, handling, and storage of a diverse array of energetic products and explosives for military, aerospace, and commercial demolition markets. Through strategic acquisitions, significant R&D expenditures, and substantial capital investments, AES has consistently enhanced its product offerings and technical capabilities to meet and exceed the demanding requirements of our clients.

Yeah ... they were DEI before it was called DEI.

Now they're DEAD.

RIP to the deceased employees.

RIH to the management if, as it seems, they created an unsafe workplace.

[bort]

I’m calling official bs on this guy. He probably started the fire. 🔥

[TangoLimaSierra]

What is the rest of the story?

He was fired for fighting the fire. There were signs all over that said ‘do not fight explosive fires'.

My guess is he probably talked to a reporter about putting the fire out and AES didn't like that.

[Neanderthal]

"The epicenter is the point on the ground above the underground focus of an earthquake."

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On a line from the center of the earth through the center of the earthquake. I hate the misuse/overuse of "epicenter."

[Vaduz]

Dousing flames shooting from an industrial chimney at Accurate Energetic Systems (AES).

OSHA looking for records will call back later much later.

[GingisK]

With a lot of TNT, you can safely bet your last dollar that there WAS and earthquake.

[ansel12]

One moment it was a good place to work, and a minute later it looked like this.

[piasa]

Or to hire a family member.

On the other hand, if any foul play was involved the first person they will look at is someone recently fired.

[MikelTackNailer]

He probably started the fire.

That's quite a stretch between disgruntled and mass murderer. I'd like to know why signs saying ‘do not fight explosive fires' were posted all around when the alternative is trying to outrun the out-runnable - IF you had a warning and time to respond to it.

I've seen specials about fireworks manufacturers (only slightly less dangerous) showing how their redundant safeguards make safe working environments. Hopefully this site's obliteration doesn't make proper investigation impossible.

[31R1O]

DEI and lower wages for new hires.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You probably pick on writers who use “decimated” incorrectly, too. Right?

Now I’m not picking on you because you are right and I do the same thing. As Rush used to famously say, “words have meanings.”