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    Posted October 16, 2012 by
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    Bunker explodes at Camp Minden, rocks multiple parishes

    By TiffFlournoy  |  Posted October 16, 2012  |  Minden, Louisiana
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     TiffFlournoy, a freelance journalist (pictured in the photo), lives 12 miles from where a bunker exploded in Minden, Louisiana, Monday night. She said, 'I couldn't hear it but you could feel it -- it was heavy trembling like the house was shaking. You could tell it was coming below the house. That's what woke me up, it wasn't the sound, it was the shaking.' She spoke to the Webster Parish Sheriff several times and learned Tuesday morning that it was a self-contained explosion on the grounds of Camp Minden, a Louisiana National Guard site that hosts a number of businesses that house explosives. She said authorities are in the process of determining which company is associated with the bunker. No injuries have been reported.
    - dsashin, CNN iReport producer

    By Tiffany Flournoy
    CAMP MINDEN, La. – Authorities in Webster Parish have attributed Monday night’s extremely loud booming sound, which rocked at least two neighboring parishes, to an underground bunker explosion on the grounds of Camp Minden. The camp is an operable Louisiana National Guard site, which hosts a number of businesses that house explosives.
    Authorities are in the process of determining which company is associated with the bunker.
    According to Sheriff Gary Sexton, the self-contained bunker explosion occurred near L-2 at Camp Minden, close to Dorcheat, just south of I-20. As a result the doors of the bunker blew. No injuries have been reported. Damages at the scene were limited to mainly timber debris.
    Sexton said that helicopters remain on standby as a fly over may be necessary to assess the full extent of the aftermath.

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