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Tangipahoa Parish declares Smitty's Roseland fire an emergency; council authorizes parish president to seek grants
Summary
Tangipahoa Parish Council on Aug. 25 unanimously adopted a resolution declaring the Aug. 21 Smitty's explosion and fire in Roseland an emergency and authorized the parish president to seek emergency grants to cover response costs.
Tangipahoa Parish Council on Aug. 25 unanimously adopted a resolution declaring the Aug. 21 Smitty's explosion and fire in Roseland an emergency and authorizing the parish president to request emergency funding to cover unbudgeted response costs.
Parish President Robbie Miller gave the council a timeline of the response and described the multi-agency effort to fight a large petroleum-product fire that continued through Friday and into Saturday. Miller said the fire prompted an evacuation area that was initially limited and then expanded to about a 1-mile radius for safety; he said responding agencies included Fire District 1, the parish emergency manager (Dawson), U.S. Fire & Pump (contracted fire-suppression specialists), the EPA, the…
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