Some Shreveport-area residents will be without power briefly during the transport of an incinerator to Camp Minden.

Company officials say electric service to a total of 6,000 SWEPCO customers will be disrupted during the move at different times. The 28-foot-tall load is expected to arrive at the Port of Natchitoches in early February, and begin the move to Camp Minden around February 7. It should be finished in four days.

In order for the load to safely pass through, SWEPCO crews will need to disconnect and reconnect electric wires that span the route at 452 places. Officials say 47 of these crossings are three-phase feeder circuits, making the move more complex and impacting more customers.

Employees will work to minimize disruptions to customers. The company will have two supervisors, six troublemen and seven contract crews traveling with the load.

Louisiana's governor has declared a State of Emergency in destruction of millions of pounds of explosive materials stored at Camp Minden. The incinerator that will do the job was built in Oklahoma, but the transport to Natchitoches was held up because of the weather.

SWEPCO spokesman Scott McCloud told KEEL News the timeline for getting the burn chamber here could change. Engineers are said to be meeting at Camp Minden today, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is holding a meeting next Tuesday to share its communications plan.

McCloud said automated calls will go out to residents who will be affected by the transport.

We'll bring you more information on this story as we get it.

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