Amazing Grace for 18 killed in factory blast

ALL 18 people missing after a huge blast at military munitions factory are “presumed dead”, police said last night.

- Mike Parker

Tearful families and friends sang Amazing Grace at a candlelight vigil for the workers in rural Tennessee.

State Governor Bill Lee said his office was monitoring search and rescue operations that continued yesterday after what he described as a “tragic incident” on Friday.

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said search and rescue teams “have gone through almost every square inch of this facility. We have recovered no survivors.”

He said authorities are “in the process” of identifying remains using DNA. “It is a tremendous loss. We have communities that are truly devastated.”