An explosion rocked Hickman County on Friday, Oct. 10. Here's what we know so far and about the explosion site Accurate Energetic Systems

Pastor Trent Stewart was among 16 victims killed in the Tennessee munitions plant explosion near Bucksnort, prompting packed prayer services at his church.

Multiple people have died and several are missing after an explosion rocked Accurate Energetic Systems, according to the Hickman County Sheriff’s Office. The company's website says it makes and tests explosives at an eight-building facility that sprawls across wooded hills near Bucksnort.

No survivors were found as of Saturday morning following the explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems, according to authorities.

The sheriff of Humphreys County, Tenn., said the 2021 flooding was informing his response to the Accurate Energetic Systems explosion.

An explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in Tennessee occurred Friday morning, leading to multiple casualties and several missing individuals.

According to its website, AES LLC sells explosives and “energetic products” to the military and aerospace industries as well as commercial demolition companies. Its production site in Bucksnort, Tennessee, was cited for five OSHA violations in November 2019, two of them marked as serious, though the case against them was closed in March 2023.

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said several people were unaccounted for and that some people died in the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems.