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Officials Release Names of 16 Presumed Dead in Tennessee Explosives Plant Blast

A painstaking ATF-led investigation continues at the hazardous Bucksnort site with rapid DNA guiding identifications.

Overview

  • Sheriffs in Humphreys and Hickman counties publicly read the names of the 16 workers presumed dead, with formal identifications still in progress through rapid DNA.
  • An ATF National Response Team is leading a multiagency origin-and-cause probe that officials say will take weeks or months.
  • Crews are conducting controlled detonations to neutralize unstable materials, with debris and potential evidence spread over a wide area after a blast that registered magnitude 1.6.
  • Accurate Energetic Systems has halted operations and says it is cooperating as OSHA opens a separate safety review.
  • Local churches held vigils, state leaders met with families, and authorities scheduled the next briefing for Wednesday evening.