The fire at the Smitty’s Supply Inc. site remains 90% contained. Overnight, additional resources, including specialized heavy equipment, arrived. Response crews began removing structural debris and addressing covered hotspots. A containment berm is being established around the site, and recovery operations will continue throughout the day.
Environmental response efforts are ongoing in the Tangipahoa River and surrounding waterways. Local, state, and federal agencies, along with contracted responders, have deployed approximately 1,900 feet of containment boom in the river and 100 feet in a nearby drainage ditch.