By Kavita Mistry 
The blast that levelled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around in rural Tennessee left no survivors, authorities said on Saturday (October 11, 2025).
Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said during a news conference that officials were working on the assumption that all of the people at the site were dead. The total number of people who died was unclear, as was the cause of the blast.
Mr. Davis had said earlier that there were 18 people missing.
“We’ve recovered no survivors,” Mr. Davis said. The explosion Friday (October 10) morning at Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies and researches explosives for the military, scattered debris over at least a half-mile (800-meter) area and was felt by residents more than 15 miles (24 kilometers) away, Mr. Davis said.
Aerial footage showed the company’s hilltop location smouldering and smoky on Friday (October 10), with just a mass of twisted metal, burned-out shells of cars and an array of debris left behind.
Mr. Davis, who described it as one of the worst scenes he’s ever seen, said multiple people were killed.