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Local sheriff on Saturday confirmed that 16 people are presumed dead after Friday explosion.

The blast obliterated one building at the Accurate Energetic Systems plants in Tennessee.

The cause of the blast has not yet been determined.

Following a major explosion at a bomb factory on Friday, 16 people are presumed to be dead, officials confirmed Saturday.

Recovery teams spent the weekend clinging to hope of finding any of the missing alive, but on Saturday evening Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said “it’s safe” to assume they are deceased, per BBC.

It was originally feared that 18 people had died, but two people who were believed to be present during the explosion were actually not on site and have been located.

The cause of the blast at the Accurate Energetic Syste

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