INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- One person has died and four were injured after an explosion at an Independence ammunition plant on Tuesday.

A spokesperson for Lake City Army Ammunition Plant said in a statement that an explosion occurred at approximately 1 p.m. in a mixing building that resulted in one fatality and four employees being evaluated on scene, who each refused further medical treatment. The deceased victim’s identity has not yet been released.

The 707,000-square foot facility, established in 1940, manufactures small-caliber munitions for the U.S. Army and operates the NATO test center, which performs ammunition reliability testing and weapon testing.

The explosion was in a primer mixing facility, where various chemical agents are mixed to create the compounds used in ammunition.


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