ROSELAND, Louisiana, October 9, 2025 (ENS) – On August 22, an explosion erupted at Smitty’s Supply, a lubricant manufacturing facility in Roseland, a town about 60 miles northeast of Baton Rouge. The ...

The swirling black oil and the overpowering smell of asphalt began appearing behind Scott Silva's house on the lower Tangipahoa River the night of Aug. 25, three days after Smitty's Supply Inc.

State officials announced Friday they have begun testing seafood from the Tangipahoa River and Lake Pontchartrain to look for potential contamination after the explosion and fire at the Smitty’s ...

Federal environmental officials received two reports of an oil sheen threatening Lake Pontchartrain — possibly from the Smitty's Supply fire in August — but say they haven't found oily runoff that far ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Oil is being collected from six locations along nearly 50 miles of the Tangipahoa River, but runoff from the Smitty’s Supply fire continues to pool along some shorelines, creating ...

A small alligator swims through an oily sheen in the Tangipahoa River near its mouth at Lake Pontchartrain. Residents in the area have reported seeing oil gather along the shore since the Aug. 22, ...

The EPA said Monday the fire at Smitty's in Roseland is 100% extinguished. Weeks after an explosion sent soot and oil into communities around Tangipahoa Parish, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Gov. Jeff Landry stood alongside federal and parish officials Wednesday (Oct. 1) to update the public on the cleanup effort still underway more than five weeks after a fire and ...

ROSELAND. AS THE CITY SITE HAS BEEN TURNED BACK OVER TO THE COMPANY FROM THE EPA. AND THIS MOVE COMES AS SMITTY’S IS ALSO MOVING PART OF ITS PRODUCTION TO A SITE THAT’S 15 MILES AWAY. AND THIS IS ALL ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - State documents show a contractor has recovered dozens of oil-covered and injured animals after the Smitty’s Supply Inc. environmental disaster in Tangipahoa ...