At first, no one outside of the Quick Way Gas Station in Roseland seemed to notice the fireball that began billowing in the distance from Smitty's Supply. But as the tower of fire rolled, shifted to ...
The swirling black oil and the overpowering smell of asphalt began appearing behind Scott Silva's house on the lower Tangipahoa River the night of Aug. 25, three days after Smitty's Supply Inc.