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  • Highway 163 just south of Doyline, La., is blocked Saturday as authorities begin moving up to 6 million pounds of improperly stored explosive powder from Doyline to storage bunkers at a state-owned site. State police have opened a criminal investigation. (ShreveportTimes.com via Associated Press)

    La. town evacuated as explosives removed

    The cleanup of 3,000 tons of explosives haphazardly stored at a munitions plant has frayed the nerves of residents who evacuated, closed the high school and spawned a criminal investigation of the company that owns the materials.

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  • "We got outside the evacuation area when they said there was a million pounds. Now it's six million," said Frank Peetz, 71, who was staying with his wife in a camper among several displaced residents at a nearby state park. "Maybe we ought to be up in Arkansas somewhere."

    La. town evacuated as explosives removed →

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