ADRIAN SAINZ
TOONE, Tenn. – A fire was still burning Tuesday afternoon after an explosion injured six workers at a manufacturing plant in southwestern Tennessee that makes flares for the military.
Hardeman County Sheriff John Doolen said firefighters at Kilgore Flares Co. in Toone were staying back and letting the fire burn itself out because of the danger there could be another explosion.
“There’s a lot of material in that building,” he said Tuesday. “I just think there’s a possibility of another explosion.”
Smoke continued to rise from the plant about 75 miles northeast of Memphis long after the explosion happened shortly before noon Tuesday. Authorities haven’t said what caused it but they have ruled out terrorism.