3 bunkers of 'clean-burning igniter' to be burned in place
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana's environmental secretary says military experts report that material which exploded last month at Camp Minden is so unstable that the rest of it should be burned in place this month.Environmental Quality Secretary Chuck Brown says three bunkers at Camp Minden hold nearly 100 tons of "clean-burning igniter," the compound used to touch off M6 propellant in artillery shells.A bunker of igniter exploded early Sept. 29 at the camp, where a company went bankrupt in 2013 and aba
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