18 missing after blast at Tennessee military explosives plant
18 missing after blast at Tennessee military explosives plant
Eighteen people remain unaccounted for after a devastating blast rocked a military explosives plant in Tennessee. Residents miles away reported feeling the force of the explosion.
Read the full article on CBS US
Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The CBS News report is mostly accurate, stating that 18 people were missing after an explosion at a Tennessee military explosives plant. Other sources confirm the explosion and the initial report of 18 missing, though some sources indicate the number of missing and dead may be higher. The report appears to be minimally biased, presenting the information in a straightforward manner.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Eighteen people remain unaccounted for after a devastating blast rocked a military explosives plant in Tennessee.
- Verification Source #1: States that 18 people are dead or missing after the blast.
- Verification Source #2: States that a blast ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant and 18 are missing and feared dead.
- Verification Source #3: Reports multiple people are dead and mentions a 'devastating blast'.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms 18 people unaccounted for after the blast at the explosives plant.
- Assessment: Mostly supported. While the CBS report states 'unaccounted for', other sources suggest 'dead or missing'. The core claim of 18 people being unaccounted for is supported.
- Claim: Residents miles away reported feeling the force of the explosion.
- Verification Source #2: States the blast rattled homes miles away.
- Verification Source #3: States the powerful blast rattled homes miles away.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 2: 'A powerful blast ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee on Friday morning, rattling homes miles away and…'
- Source 5: '...blast at the explosives plant, which supplies the military. "It's gone. It's again, it's the most devastating scene that I've seen in my…'