BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Following a massive fire on Friday at an automotive lubricant plant in southeast Louisiana, residents are reporting soot on cars and oily residue in nearby bodies of water.

But Gov. Jeff Landry said that there is no indication of an “immediate danger to wildlife or to human health.”

“From what I have been told — from what I can see — there is no imminent danger to any life or property, other than that we have to clean up a big mess,” Landry said during a press conference Monday.

As crews neared extinguishing the blaze and many evacuated residents were allowed to return home, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was collecting samples of the soil, water and debris and setting up floating barriers along the Tangipahoa River in an effort to contain the spread of

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