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 ...

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 ...

Federal and state regulators are suing Smitty’s Supply Inc., the Tangipahoa Parish oil and lubricant plant, over an Aug. 22 explosion that sent a plume of black smoke towering over Roseland and forced ...

Smitty's Supply is suing the manufacturer of a natural gas-fed boiler and an industrial maintenance company, blaming them for the devastating August fire at its lubricants plant. Smitty's alleges that ...

“EPA has been here from Day 1, working tirelessly to protect the communities in Tangipahoa Parish impacted by the fire," said EPA Region 6 Administrator Scott Mason.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...