McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — The blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around left no survivors, authorities said Saturday.
The total number of dead was unclear, as was the cause of the Friday blast. By the weekend, the devastation came into focus, with officials saying they had found no survivors. A total of 16 people were missing, officials said.
“There’s a gauntlet of emotions there,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said during a news conference, pausing to clear his throat before he asked for prayers for the families of the victims in a shaky voice.
“We’ve recovered no survivors,” he added.
I wonder if they knew the place was gonna blow or if it was just lights out in an instant with no warning. Explosives tend to be the latter, for better or worse
A lot of explosions at similar facilities had significant warning, unfortunately. While the detonation itself tends to be instant, they usually have rules about how densely explosives are packed, fire control systems, and systems to maximize the time between problem and disaster.
They probably knew something was wrong and that it was bad, but not how bad.
Apparently not the first time.
Sucks that Ukraine might see fewer shells from this.
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Energetics. Yeah that’s one way of putting it.
Not quite Oppau, but close.
And the Halifax, Nova Scotia explosion that killed 1782 people.
Fyi – this is why every year Halifax sends a Christmas tree to Boston (who sent scores of people to help the city) as a thank-you.
Energetic materials is the common way to group explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants.
Anything that carries its own oxygen, is self sustained and reacts exothermic.
I see. Thank you!
Do you work with any energetics?I do. Army Combat Engineer. Then master in physical chemistry. Working (not in the US) last 14 years with production, use (blasting) and storage. I am very interested in the conclusions after this accident.
Ahhh, that makes sense. It sounds like a very interesting line of work.
Yeah, very curious how this happened.
Considering that our Trump-loving governor let Elon Musk install poisonous gas turbines in my hometown and is letting the National Guard and ICE run rampant, I won’t be surprised if he blames this on “left-wing actors.” Fuck you, Bill Lee. R.I.P to those lost in the blast.
RIP
Yeah, I have my doubts they were making bombs for a good cause…
This fucking sucks. :(
That was obvious. I don’t know why we needed a second headline for that
