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sheshe2

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Mon Dec 3, 2012, 01:24 PM Dec 2012

Doyline, Louisiana Evacuated After 6 Million Pounds Of Explosive Material Found [View all]

Source: Huffington Post

State police superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson said that boxes and small barrels of explosive material were found outdoors and crammed into unauthorized buildings leased by Explo Systems Inc. at Camp Minden. (AP Photo/The Daily Reveille, Catherine Threlkeld)


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State police resumed moving millions of pounds of explosives Monday that had been haphazardly stashed in warehouses in Louisiana, prompting hundreds to evacuate from harm's way in case any of it exploded.

The transfer of 6 million pounds of artillery propellant began again at daybreak at Camp Minden, which is in north Louisiana's Webster Parish. It started Saturday. A state police spokesman said the work is suspended at night.

About half the 800 residents in nearby Doyline, about 40 miles south of the Arkansas line, heeded state police warnings to evacuate until the stash could be divided into smaller quantities. Authorities were dividing the explosives into amounts that would be too small to pose a serious threat to the town if it were to ignite; there was enough ammunition to pack dozens of tractor-trailers.

The material was stored on property leased by Explo Systems Inc., which became the subject of a criminal investigation following an explosion in October.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/louisiana-town-evacuated-explosive-materials_n_2229479.html

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