Posted on 10/11/2025 12:37:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Humphreys County, Tennessee, Sheriff Chris Davis said that they found "no survivors" during a search of the blast site.
Authorities said on Saturday that they found “no survivors” during a search of the site of a massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant. At least 18 people were unaccounted for after the explosion on Friday.
The explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in Hickman County — around 60 miles southwest of Nashville — was reported just before 8:00 a.m. on Friday, with officials initially saying that “several” people were dead.
“I can tell you that more than 300 people have been through almost every square inch of this facility, and at this time we’ve recovered no survivors,” said Humphreys County, Tennessee, Sheriff Chris Davis.
The sheriff added that authorities are still in the process of identifying the remains, but did not say exactly how many people were killed in the explosion. The investigation into the cause of the blast remains ongoing, and Sheriff Davis said that it could be weeks before they can say whether there was any foul play. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Homeland Security were on the scene.
Accurate Energetic Systems, which was established in 1980, says it specializes “in the creation of high-grade explosives for demolition, ensuring rigorous quality and safety standards.” The company makes explosives for “defense and commercial markets.” In 2014, there was an explosion at one of the company’s facilities in McEwen, Tennessee, that killed one person and injured three others.
The sheriff’s department from neighboring Humphreys County is also assisting in the response. In a press conference on Friday morning, Sheriff Davis called the scene “very violent,” adding that the explosion “encompassed one whole building.”
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Heartbreaking.
In the photo I saw, it looks as if anyone who had been in the building must have been vaporized.
I doubt that anyone there realized what happened. For these people, their "light" just flipped
off in a microsecond. They had no time to recognize or contemplate what happened.
That plant likely made the explosivies that went into the bombs that destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities and go into the American supplied advanced weaponery that Ukraine is using to attack airfields and refineries deep into Russia. Under Biden’s open borders, just walk in policy, at least 99 people on the terrorist watch list and probably many, many more not identified entered and remain within the US. Connection?
That’s terrifying.
Exactly...vaporized is the perfect description. There is nothing to recover.
I thought I heard the sheriff say they were checking phone pings? I don’t know if that meant to see who was there or if phone calls were received?
It would be interesting if the pings didn't stop, i.e. a cell phone survived that explosion.
What happened to the vehicles in the parking lot?
Most of them appear still there. Suppose they could use those to help with who was in building?
Hubs worked in an aerosol factory where one spark of static electricity could do that. No one could have a cell phone at work for fear of a static discharge ending in catastrophe. Multiple terrifying evacuations. The plant had a bad history with 2 mass casualty explosions in the past but was noted for having done a 180 and were extremely cautious. Those poor people. And our hearts break for the families.
No the ping would just go to voicemail after checking last known ping.
Demolitions explosives, AKA dynamite, is nitroglycerine soaked up into diatomaceous earth. (clay) Nitroglycerine is very shock sensitive, but does not out-gas at in step in the manufacturing process. It is not sensitive to a lit cigarette. Shock, well, that is a different story. Also, nitroglycerine must be cooled aggressively during manufacture.
The spectacular military explosives like C4, PETN, RDX (C4), Composition B, and TNT are likewise insensitive to a cigarette glow or open flame. There are phases in the manufacturing cycle of these explosives that are also very sensitive to temperature and shock.
An explosive plant would not let people enter with lit cigarettes or other obvious lapses in safety.
My guess this was a failure in manufacturing equipment or procedure.
Your cell phone is constantly pinging towers. So they can tell who was there.
“at least 99 people on the terrorist watch list and probably many, many more not identified entered and remain within the US. Connection?”
That’s what I’m wondering, but so far, that possibility has not been touched by the FBI, ATF or news media. It makes more sense than some employee who’s been working there for years not taking safety precautions.
A cell tower can provide presence information within a 120 arc, with no ranging information. Not even slightly accurate.
“no survivors” during a search of the blast site.“
I recall a blast at the Grucchi fireworks family’s assembly area a few decades ago. Two of the family had some kind of warning and were running for their lives when an un impeded blast wave caught up with them severing their spines and killing them instantly. These are some really dangerous places to work.
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