Thousands told to stay home a day after chemical plant fire sent a plume containing chlorine high into the air
Thousands of people were told to stay home with their windows shut Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate Sunday and left potentially harmful chlorine lingering in the air.
Fire at Georgia chemical plant sends plume of chlorine-filled smoke into the air
A fire at a chemical plant in Georgia on Sunday sent a plume of chlorine-laced smoke into the air and left tens of thousands of residents sheltered inside their homes.
Conyers Chemical Fire: 90K Georgia Residents Sheltering In Place After Chlorine Gas Released Into Air
Some residents east of Atlanta are still sheltering in place on Monday, while more than 17,000 have been evacuated a day after a fire at a chemical plant produced lingering dark smoke and haze in the air that could be seen from miles away.
90,000 Georgia residents sheltering after chemical plant fire sent chlorine into the air
People in the northern part of Rockdale County were ordered to evacuate and others were told to shelter in place with windows and doors closed.
Georgia’s Chemical Plant Fire Spews Chlorine In The Air
A chemical plant fire in Conyers, Georgia, on Sept. 29 released chlorine into the air, prompting a stay-in-place advisory for residents on Sept. 30.
Conyers BioLab fire: Large cloud of smoke from Georgia chemical plant blaze seen for miles
For everyone sheltering in place, the best practice is to turn the air conditioning off and keep windows and doors shut,” a statement said.
Conyers chemical plume after BioLab fire updates | Rockdale officials say 'cloud' should disperse once chemicals removed
BioLab back in 2004 was owned by Chemtura, a conglomerate that went into bankruptcy and was later acquired by a German company called Lanxess. BioLab is now owned by KIK Consumer Products, according to its website, in a sale from Chemtura a few years before that Chemtura was acquired by Lanxess.
Conyers chemical plant fire: What to know
A fire at a chemical plant in Rockdale County sent a colossal plume of smoke into the sky on Sunday and has indefinitely upended daily life in that area. The fire at BioLab, a chemical facility on Old Covington Road in Conyers,
Shelter-in-place advisory extended in Georgia county after chlorine detected in air
A shelter-in-place advisory was extended for a Georgia county on Monday after chlorine was detected in the air — a result of a fire at a chemical lab that started the day before.
Fire at Georgia chemical plant releases chlorine into the air, authorities say
Rockdale County officials ordered people to evacuate the area near the BioLab plant in Conyers, Ga., and they said others should stay home to avoid the “harmful irritant chlorine.”
Conyers fire: Shelter-in-place still in effect after chemical fire at pool cleaning plant
A shelter-in-place order remained in effect Monday in parts of greater Atlanta after a chemical fire at a pool cleaning facility shot plumes of black smoke into the air, forced evacuations and closed roads,
How local & county officials are responding to chlorine smell, haze from Conyers plume | Gwinnett, Fulton, DeKalb & more
The plume in Conyers was ignited Sunday by sprinkler system water reacting with chemicals at a BioLab facility.
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Update: BioLab Fire Conyers, GA, Not Rare Incident, Records Show
There have been fires and chemical releases at other company facilities in Georgia and elsewhere, according to state and ...
Rockdale County residents need to shelter in place after BioLab fire, authorities say
Thousands of people needed to evacuate, and a shelter-in-place order is in place until midnight for Rockdale County after a chemical fire on Sunday, authorities said. An evacuation zone was expanded ...
A reaction following a fire at a chemical plant outside Atlanta forces evacuations and road closures
Air quality surveys conducted by state and federal agencies “revealed the harmful irritant chlorine” emitting from the ...