ROSELAND - Nearly two weeks after the explosion at Smitty's Supply in Roseland, Mayor Van Showers is still working to find resources to help the town get back to some type of normalcy.

"I worry about what they tell us, you know, we need to clean up and all that, but what about the elderly that can't do that, what about the handicapped that can't do that?" Showers said.

According to the latest update by the Tangipahoa Parish Government, more than two million gallons of product have been collected, including oil, water, and grease.

There is still no definitive answer on what kinds of chemicals could have been in the black plume that rose over the site the day of the explosion.

"As far as the type of chemicals that were released, we still don't have all the answers to that," Showers sai

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