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Eighteen presumed dead after blast at US explosives factory

A massive explosion tore through an explosives factory in Tennessee on Saturday, leaving 18 people feared dead, according to local officials.

Published October 11,2025
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Eighteen people are presumed dead after a huge blast at an explosives factory in Tennessee, officials said Saturday.

"We can assume that they are deceased at this time," Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told a news conference, referring to 18 people missing since the explosion Friday in the town of Bucksnort.