Overview

• Officials reduced the one-mile evacuation to roads closest to the Roseland plant, and by Monday afternoon all but seven households were cleared to return.
• Gov. Jeff Landry reported no indication of imminent danger to people or wildlife, with no injuries and the blaze 98% contained.
• A section of the Tangipahoa River is closed as the EPA deploys about 5,900 feet of containment boom to limit downstream spread.
• Environmental agencies are testing soil, water and debris, and state air monitoring has not shown results of health-based concern to date.
• Residents described oily soot on vehicles and residue in nearby waterways after Friday’s explosions, and a local school conducted sanitizing ahead of reopening.