Overview

• The explosion struck Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort around 7:45 a.m. Friday, obliterating one building and scattering debris across roughly a half‑square‑mile area.
• Officials confirmed multiple fatalities, with about 19 employees initially reported missing as counts fluctuated during family notifications.
• Three people with minor injuries were treated at TriStar facilities in Dickson, with two released and one remaining under care.
• Secondary detonations initially kept responders back, but authorities now report the scene is secure and no continuing threat to public health has been identified.
• ATF, the FBI and Tennessee’s workplace safety agency are on scene, the cause is undetermined, and investigators say search and recovery will take several days; a hotline for missing persons reports was opened at 1-800-TBI-FIND.