Roseland Residents Say Smitty’s Fire Cleanup Lags As Threat Extends Toward Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans

October 1, 2025

  Thick black smoke and a series of concussive blasts tore through Tangipahoa Parish on August 22 when a fire erupted at the Smitty’s Supply lubricants plant in Roseland, triggering a one-mile evacuation and a multi-agency emergency that has since morphed into a weeks-long environmental cleanup. As September closes, residents say the most troubling images […]


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