Overview

• Authorities said teams searched nearly the entire Accurate Energetic Systems campus and recovered no survivors after Friday morning’s explosion near Bucksnort.
• Officials confirmed fatalities but have not released a number as identification and family notifications continue, with the missing count revised from 19 to 18 after one person was found safe.
• The blast obliterated an entire building and initially triggered secondary detonations that kept rescuers back before the scene was brought under control.
• The cause remains unknown, and investigators have not ruled out foul play as ATF’s National Response Team, the FBI, state safety regulators and local agencies lead the inquiry.
• Three people with minor injuries were treated at area hospitals, no ongoing public threat has been reported, and officials said determining what happened could take days or longer.