camp minden

A federal grand jury has returned a 32-count indictment that was unsealed today charging six Explo Systems officials of defrauding the federal government.

The EPA will start destroying 16 million pounds of M-6 propellent that is now stored at Camp Minden.

The burn chamber made its way to Camp Minden Thursday afternoon. The chamber will be used to destroy millions of pounds explosives at Camp Minden.

After a briefing this morning, the burn chamber is back on the move in Bossier Parish headed for Camp Minden.

Expect travel delays and power outages as the chamber moves through NWLA.

The massive burn chamber that will hopefully put an end to the explosive situation at Camp Minden will be moving slowly through North Louisiana over the next four days.

A safe end to an explosive situation at Camp Minden is getting closer to being a reality. The burn chamber incinerator has been delayed by high water on the Mississippi River but should be in place by the middle of February.

Several local leaders gathered out at Camp Minden to get a look at the plan for getting rid of millions of pounds of M6 propellant.

A Louisiana National Guard spokesman says it will probably take six months of work before crews can begin burning 7,800 tons of artillery propellant at Camp Minden. Col. Pete Schneider tells The Times that an Oklahoma company recently won the contract to build the device to contain pollutants when the M6 propellant is burned...