Officials confirmed an explosion at a business in Mt. Pleasant injured two people.
The explosion reportedly took place around 7:30 a.m. Thursday at Smelter Corporation in the 300 block of Arrow Mines Road.
Two people were injured. One victim refused treatment at the scene. The second victim was taken by helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with severe burns.
The business is an aluminum recycling plant. Authorities said water from flooding came through the building and came into contact with the molten aluminum which caused a blast.
