Accurate Energetic Systems was opened in 1980 and has more than 1,300 acres in Hickman County.

The Oct. 10 explosion happened in the Melt Pour building where bombs are made.

The 8-building campus is located near Bucksnort, about 70 miles west of Nashville.

An early morning explosion leveled a Hickman County weapons manufacturing facility and left many unaccounted for, authorities said.

Twisted metal girders and burning cars dotted the landscape as first responders arrived before 8 a.m. on Oct. 10 in the rural Tennessee county about 70 miles west of Nashville.

Hours after the blast, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said the explosion resulted in fatalities but did not give a number. Visibly emotional, he said there were "19 souls" unaccounted for and that four to five people were t

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