Explosion at ammunition plant west of Nashville causes deaths, Milan TN


An ammunition plant located west of Nashville, Tennessee exploded, resulting in multiple fatalities. The incident caused significant devastation and was reported on various news outlets. The exact death toll is not confirmed, and investigations or updates are pending.
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my unbelievable
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sympathies to those folks who lost the life today.
00:11
It came over the news and, yeah,
00:15
it was quite something to see that and the devastation. And I hope that they haven't found anyone else, I hope not.
00:26
I heard that it was at 19 earlier on our news. It broke on BBC News UK, so very, very sad news today, Jim. My heart sent prayers to me. everybody and those families of anyone they may have known and that and I just think it's so sad for that to happen.
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Kilo Oscar 4 Mike Kilo Papa from Golf Whiskey Zero, you I am.
00:59
Okay, Tony. Well, thank you for the information.
01:02
Is that about the Army, one of their ammunition plants blew up? Is that what you're talking about?
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Yeah,
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I didn't get all the details. There was a map they showed where they just showed it as west of Nashville. And I thought, well,
01:27
the scale of that map looked like it was hundreds of miles west of Nashville, but I could be wrong.
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But it was,
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yeah, that would be the place.
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Jim, go ahead.
01:45
Yeah, I'm familiar with that base. My son was in the military for a few years and he started there.
01:53
And then I think he came back there.
01:56
But yeah, that's real, I haven't seen any of the reports. I just heard about it on the radio.
02:05
Just somebody else kind of saying the same thing you're saying is this ammunition where they manufacture.
02:15
artillery or whatever and it exploded I guess that was one of those oops days and yeah I don't know if they know a death toll yet or not I had to watch it on 11 o'clock news
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Milan, TN 38358
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