where was bogalusa chemical spill
15 years after Bogalusa Chemical explosion - MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS. 15 years after Bogalusa Chemical explosion. JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A major chemical explosion that happened 15 years ago on the border of Mississippi in Bogalusa, Louisiana forced some 1,500 hundreds residents out of their homes. More than 4,700 residents were treated at area hospitals after the dangerous chemical nitrogen tetroxide was released into the air.