Depresssurized Technologies, Inc. owner Walter Gonzalez, left, talks with his attorney Noel Manoukian in East Fork Justice Court on Wednesday morning. Gonzalez faces charges stemming from the Sept. 17, 2001 explosion at his Minden plant that killed one employee and injured four others.

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Negotiations under way in fatal explosion

• By ncs-import
• March 28, 2002