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Louisiana Town Evacuated After 6M Pounds of Explosives Found

A small Webster Parish town remains in limbo as Louisiana State Police have determined it’s six million pounds, rather than the one million as originally thought, of improperly stored explosive powder at Explo Systems Inc., a munitions dismantling facility at Camp Minden.

 A small Webster Parish town remains in limbo as Louisiana State Police have determined it’s six million pounds, rather than the one million as originally thought, of improperly stored explosive powder at Explo Systems Inc., a munitions dismantling facility at Camp Minden.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.