The last time Gov. Bill Lee visited the Accurate Energetic Systems facility in McEwen, Tennessee was to celebrate the plant's expansion in 2019.

When he returned on Oct. 12, he was met with devastation.

"Where there was a full-functioning facility, there's nearly nothing," Lee said, after flying over the site of the deadly Oct. 10 explosion at the AES facility . "To fly over today and see that, it's heartbreaking."

Lee delivered his remarks at a briefing with members of the media shortly after 2:30 p.m. Oct. 12. He was joined by officials from the Humphreys and Hickman counties sheriff’s offices, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The blast at the AES facility, an explosives manufacturing plant, was felt dozens of miles away and was mea

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