Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Burns CBI at Camp Minden, LA

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith

Published November 2, 2016 at 9:45 AM CDT

CAMP MINDEN, LA - Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel from Fort Hood, Texas conducted a burn of 85,000 pounds of Clean Burning Ignitor (CBI) and 40,000 pounds of M6 propellant stored in a magazine this week at Louisiana National Guard's Camp Minden in Webster Parish. The burn was to dispose of unstable material that remained after an auto-ignition caused an explosion at the site in late September. The remaining material is to be disposed of in a sealed-burning chamber currently in operation at the site.

http://epa.gov/la/camp-minden

STORAGE BUNKER- Just one of several bunkers at Camp Minden, LA where explosive materials are stored awaiting disposal.

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Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.

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