ROSELAND - Residents of Roseland are coming back to their homes and looking for answers three days after an explosion at Smitty's Supply covered the area in ash and soot, forcing an evacuation.

At Monday night's town hall meeting, the questions were simple: What was in the facility? Why wasn't the evacuation zone larger? Who is going to clean up their town?

Roseland Mayor Van Showers said that he was told in a meeting with the Department of Environmental Quality that the chemicals released were not harmful.

“Just because those limits are set, don’t mean it’s okay. I’m probably going to get kickback but I don’t care. I’m tired of biting my tongue," he said.

Some residents find it hard to believe.

“As far as them saying we don’t know what the chemicals are, all the containers at Smitty'

See Full Page