Posted on 10/10/2025 9:03:36 AM PDT by DFG
Nearly two dozen people are feared dead after a massive explosion erupted at a Tennessee bomb factory this morning.
The blast went off at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant Friday around 7.50am local time, the Hickman County Sheriff's Office confirmed.
At least 19 employees currently remain unaccounted for, according to Odell Poyner, the emergency management director in nearby Humphreys County.
The initial blast was so enormous that locals reported hearing and feeling it from miles away.
The extent of the damage remains unclear at this time, but authorities say their main concern right now is the potential for secondary explosions.
Emergency crews are on site and have urged the public to stay away as they work the scene. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has also been dispatched to the plant to investigate the explosion.
There was an explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant in April 2014. That blast left one person dead and three others injured.
The blast was heard from miles away, causing shelves and windows to rattle, residents claimed.
Beyonica Holt, whose residence is located roughly 15 miles from the factory, said she 'thought we were at war' and that 'I was going to die.'
'I was standing in my bedroom. It shook the whole house. I thought it was going to blow out my windows - it didn't, but that's how big it was,' she told The Tennessean.
Hickman County Mayor Jim Bates said his office has received multiple calls from residents claiming that they felt the ground shake.
'It's an unfortunate incident. It was felt around our county,' the mayor said. 'We just pray that the good Lord keeps their hand on the families that's involved.'
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Sexist
Funny that. I make it a point not to patronize businesses that tout their DEI credentials. Women owned means look elsewhere to me. I don’t have anything against women owning businesses just against businesses that think sex or race is a form of merit.
virtue signaling but more than likely to win contracts they wouldn’t normally be in the running for, but for the fact that a lot of these contract awarders have quotas to give biz to minority owned businesses
How sad. Their work supported our military. What a heartache for the families! Prayers up.
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This typically means the husband put it in his wife's name so he could win government contracts.
Tons of construction businesses do the same thing.
Yeah. We have a local FFL who advertises as "Woman and Veteran Owned". I've never seen the woman owner(s). Just the guys.
Walmart is the largest family-owned company in the world, controlled by the Walton
And all to appease the spoiled brat leftards.
It does look like there were individual buildings separated by hills.
In the video at 31 seconds you can see the circular blast area the obliterated everything down to bare earth. I imagine the investigation will show the power of the blast was in multiple kilotons.
Nice post in comparison to some
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