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Multiple people are dead, more missing following a 'devastating blast' at a Tennessee bomb factory on Friday morning, officials report.
The blast happened at a plant owned by Accurate Energetic Systems. Officials did not specify a death toll but said 19 people were missing.
The explosion left a smoldering wreck of twisted metal and burned-out vehicles at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant, which supplies and
According to reports, Valencia was working on a metal object believed to be an old military training bomb when it suddenly detonated, killing him on the spot. The blast was so intense that it shook homes, shattered nearby windows and was heard over a mile away.