Vigil Honors 16 After Tennessee Plant Blast

At twilight Sunday, more than 200 people gathered at the Humphreys County courthouse to mourn 16 workers killed in Friday’s explosion that leveled a building at Accurate Energetic Systems in Bucksnort, Tennessee. Sheriff Chris Davis, fighting tears, urged neighbors to wrap their arms around grieving families. Governor Bill Lee met with relatives and surveyed the devastation as officials, who have not ruled out foul play, shifted from rescue to recovery and began using rapid DNA to identify remains. Churches canceled services for packed prayer vigils where congregants wept, sang hymns, and held one another.

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