Tennessee Explosion
Sheriff Emotional After No Survivors Found
Published October 11, 2025 11:36 AM PDT
Fox News
The explosion at an ammunition plant in Tennessee left no survivors … and Sheriff Chris Davis teared up when delivering the heartbreaking news.
In a press conference Saturday, authorities said they did not find any of the 18 people who went missing in the blast … and were instead looking to identify their remains.
An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, authorities said, as secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning field of debris. pic.twitter.com/5osymmczYx
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Sheriff Davis broke down a few times while talking to reporters, recalling how difficult it was to tell families their loved ones did not survive.
He summed it up like this … “It’s a great loss.”
NEW: Before and after photos show Accurate Energetic Systems explosives plant near Bucksnort, Tennessee completely wiped out https://t.co/0vufZI3MZV pic.twitter.com/fYZChubcze
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An explosion ripped through the ammunition plant around 7:45 AM CT Friday … it triggered smaller blasts. An entire building at the complex was leveled, parked cars were destroyed and the rubble covered about a half-square mile.
The plant operates in a small town 60 miles away from Nashville and Sheriff Davis said he was very close to three of the victims’ families.