19 dead or missing after massive blast at Tennessee military explosive plant

[RadishRose]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/us/hickman-county-explosion-tennessee

a massive blast obliterated a building at a Tennessee explosives facility on Friday, authorities said — a “mass detonation” so significant that it rattled homes miles away.

The early-morning explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems, which manufactures military and demolitions explosives, left charred debris and mangled vehicles across a vast area. The blast was felt as far as 15 miles away and scattered debris over half a square mile.

The company’s Facebook page says it manufactures “various high explosive compositions and specialty products for the U.S. DoD and U.S. Industrial markets.”

 

[IrishEyes]

Let's truly hope it was nothing sinister. It's horrible enough it happened but to find out it was done knowing people would
die, that really is so not needed right now. How can you even come up with an acceptable reason for this?

 

[Lilac]

My prayers to the victims & for their family. No one can imagine what they are going through after this. With the devastation that was shown on the news, I'm afraid those souls are gone.

 

[hearlady]

Sounds like 19 dead so far! That's devastating.

 

[WheatenLover]

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[Imogene]

Believe it had to do with Soros' fund or ATIFA.

Because the Dems will do anything right now.

REALLY!?!? are these the best pieces of intelligence you can come up with!?

Sounds like 19 dead so far! That's devastating.

There are four confirmed dead and are not part of the 19 missing; one of those 19 was safe at home. The other 18 are STILL unaccounted for and that can mean anything.

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Mishandling of clyclonite MAY HAVE BEEN an issue — MAY HAVE BEEN being the operative. Along with every agency known to mankind on site, they also have chemists on site.

 

[Mike]

I don't understand why any explosives were inside
the manufacturing facility!

Maybe for convenience, but when the main business
concerns, high explosives, I would suggest that the
hardware is made inside the works and the explosives
added, in outlying buildings, that should be kept far
apart, to prevent such an event.

When I used explosives, they were kept in a secure
place hundreds of yards from where they were used,
for blasting a tunnel through hard rock.

Mike.

 

[hearlady]

REALLY!?!? are these the best pieces of intelligence you can come up with!?


There are four confirmed dead and are not part of the 19 missing; one of those 19 was safe at home. The other 18 are STILL unaccounted for and that can mean anything.

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Mishandling of clyclonite MAY HAVE BEEN an issue — MAY HAVE BEEN being the operative. Along with every agency known to mankind on site, they also have chemists on site.

Oh, sorry. I heard 19 and wrongly thought dead. Still terrible though. "Likely" dead was my thought.

 

[Della]

POLITICAL SPEECH IS NOT ALLOWED HERE.

LOL I read @shedevil7953's comment and it was so out of left field I thought she was joking.

I went to high school in Nitro, West Virginia, a town that was created during WWI by our military to make explosives, we also had Monsanto's chemical plant. We had a couple of terrible explosions with no help from the Dems or Antifa at all!

 

[RadishRose]

LOL I read @shedevil7953's comment and it was so out of left field I thought she was joking.

I went to high school in Nitro, West Virginia, a town that was created during WWI by our military to make explosives, we also had Monsanto's chemical plant. We had a couple of terrible explosions with no help from the Dems or Antifa at all!

You remind me Della, that when I was in high school there was an explosion at the-chemical plant in a small nearby town. It was pretty awful.

Since 9/11, I'm always afraid these accidents might be terrorism or even an act of war. I hope this was just an accident. Regardless, it's a very tragic and sad occurrence.

 

[Been There]

I would imagine the cleanup will be slow as many explosives have what’s referred to as time delay. When an explosive detonates, there are other types of explosives that follow, but are delayed.

To make it simple, if one explosive detonates, a second explosive can be detonated from the shock wave. This known as sympathetic detonation. It’s hard to tell how long it takes for the second detonation to react, so the cleanup crew will need to be very cautious. As to the best of my knowledge, there is no way to sweep the explosives that are effected

 

[Aunt Bea]

This tragedy reminded me of a similar tragedy near where I live. It happened over 100 years ago but it’s still studied and talked about.

100 years later: Remembering the Split Rock disaster that claimed 50 lives

Remembering Onondaga's Split Rock Explosion - New York Almanack

 

[oldman]

I’m glad I don’t have the job of cleaning up.

I’m sorry for the families that lost loved ones. These types of jobs are always a risk. I remember a fireworks factory in Ohio blowing up several years ago while I was visiting my Aunt and Uncle. It made a really loud noise and shook the ground 2 miles away.

 

[Della]

This tragedy reminded me of a similar tragedy near where I live. It happened over 100 years ago but it’s still studied and talked about.

100 years later: Remembering the Split Rock disaster that claimed 50 lives

Remembering Onondaga's Split Rock Explosion - New York Almanack

Wow. That sounds terrible and it was interesting that at the very end the narrator says, "some historians say the Germans may have been to blame."
Oh for the days when we had a common enemy to blame for things, instead of each other.

 

[Been There]

Wow. That sounds terrible and it was interesting that at the very end the narrator says, "some historians say the Germans may have been to blame."
Oh for the days when we had a common enemy to blame for things, instead of each other.

Maybe this is why the Germans may be suspects……..

Sabotage is being considered as a possibility. I think, if history serves me right, that the Germans blew up an explosives plant in New York prior to WWI. The Germans also blew up a plant to harm the Hoover Dam. The Germans again blew up an explosive plant during 1942 in an effort to damage the U.S. infrastructure.

The explosives and munitions inside this plant were of different types. The plant made explosives for the military and other companies that drilled for mining and oil. The main ingredient in many of these explosives is PENT, or Pentaerythritol Terranitrate and is used mainly for detonating fuses and blasting caps.

 

[Flarbalard]

Are we talking about the same Germans that killed Ernst Rohm or who burned the Reichstag?

 

[WhatInThe]

Over the last couple of years it seems there have been more than usual the number of fires and/or explosions at munitions plants. Especially catastrophic ones like this. There are several foreign actors that have an interest in the US not being able to supply it's allies or itself conducting military operations.

I think it was Germany or Poland that also has experienced some fires or explosions as well.

Hopefully it's a learning experiences and those lost didn't go in vain.

RIP those unsung heros who make and work with this kind of danger and risk daily.