DOYLINE (AP) — Residents of the northwest Louisiana town of Doyline are being encouraged to plan to leave home Friday night
and stay away throughout the weekend.
The Times of Shreveport reported that authorities will be moving 1 million pounds of an explosive powder
from Explo Systems Inc., a munitions dismantling company at Camp Minden.
Authorities say the powder, an explosive
propellant used in military ammunitions, is not an imminent threat, but
should have
been housed in a bunker approved by the federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It also should have been
registered with the Louisiana State Police explosives division.
State police investigators found the explosives during an inspection of property leased by Explo Systems, where an above-ground
magazine storage facility exploded last month.
The process to move the powder will begin around 6 a.m., Saturday.
Sections of Louisiana Highways 163 and 164 will be closed while the explosives are moved. The Times reports that Doyline High
School will be closed on Monday.
As of Thursday evening, Webster Sheriff Gary Sexton said there were no plans to evacuate Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center.