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| Army ammo plant explodes in West Tennessee |
| 2004-10-14 |
| Two people are reported missing and another is seriously injured in an explosion Wednesday at a storage building at the Milan Army Ammunition plant. Milan Mayor George Killebrew said one person was airlifted to a hospital, while the search continues for two others caught in the 2:30 p.m. explosion. The FBI says agents have been told by authorities that the blast appeared to be an accident. FBI agent George Bolds of Memphis said a barrel flashed containing some sort of volatile material. The mayor said the storage building housed ammunition and was located in an isolated area of the plant. He said about four people usually work there at a time. The plant, established in 1941, makes medium caliber ammunition for the Army and employs about 600 workers. It is located on more than 22,000 acres about 90 miles northeast of Memphis. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 M-240 OS. That is the widely used MMG now. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-10-14 12:51:21 PM |
| #5 Medium is probably 7.62, what they use in the M60, the coax on the M-1 and other medium machine guns. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-10-14 10:12:53 AM |
| #4 What's "medium caliber"? Is it going to interrupt any important ammo production lines? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-10-14 9:48:40 AM |
| #3 I'm nearby so the local media is all over it. turns out it definatly was an accident. Apparently it was something on the C4 line...at least, last I heard |
| Posted by: Enigmatic 2004-10-14 8:54:33 AM |
| #2 Most likely an accident, not many union-thug jihadi's in Milan. |
| Posted by: Atropanthe 2004-10-14 12:10:43 AM |
| #1 Let's hope this is an accident. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-14 12:05:13 AM |