BUCKSNORT, Tenn. (WSMV) - A deadly explosion at a Tennessee explosives plant has rocked communities in Hickman and Humphreys Counties.

Authorities confirmed that “multiple” are dead and 19 more are missing after a “massive” explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort just before 8 a.m.

A man WSMV spoke with said he works in the very building that exploded Friday morning and that he left the facility just eight minutes before the deadly explosion.

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The man, who does not want to be identified, found out about the explosion after his friends called him asking if he was ok as he was driving home from work.

He said he thought his friends were joking, but when he realized they were serious, he turned around and

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