No one is believed to have survived a powerful explosion at an explosives plant in Tennessee, officials said Saturday, as crews continue to recover remains from the blast site.
“At this time, we have recovered no survivors,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said during a news briefing.
Davis would not share how many people were killed in the Friday morning blast, saying “we’re the we’re in the process of the identification of the remains.”
“We can probably make the assumption, and I’m not even going to use the word assumption — I think that we can utilize, well, I have to use that word, forgive me — we can assume that they are deceased at this point.”
Davis said that the cause of the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems near McEwen is still under investigation, and that he cannot rule out foul play.
“That might be days or weeks or months before we can do that,” he said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
