Shelter-in-place advisory extended in Georgia county after chlorine detected in air
A shelter-in-place advisory was extended for a Georgia county Monday after chlorine was detected in the air — a result of a fire at a chemical lab that started Sunday.
Over 90,000 Georgia residents sheltering a day after chemical plant fire sent chlorine into the air
More than 90,000 residents in a county east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday and businesses were told to stay closed a day after a chemical plant fire sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could been seen for miles.
Georgia county issues new shelter-in-place order over chemical fire plume
A Georgia county issued a new shelter-in-place order, as a lingering haze from a chemical plant fire that ignited Sunday continued to affect thousands of residents. The latest: Rockdale County officials advised residents in an update Tuesday to shelter in place "if the plume moves over your vicinity or if there is a strong odor of chlorine.
Fire at Georgia chemical plant causes evacuations
More than 17,000 people in Conyers, east of Atlanta, were under evacuation orders after a fire at the BioLab pool chemical plant on Sunday.
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.
Georgia residents evacuate as toxic smoke billows from inferno at chemical plant
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Georgia chemical plant fire covers the sky
Authorities outside Atlanta, Georgia, issued evacuation orders on Sunday, September 29, after a fire broke out at a chemical plant in the area.
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Conyers BioLab fire causes continued shelter in place, health concerns across metro Atlanta
Parts of Atlanta were covered by a haze and the smell of chlorine on Monday, and residents are concerned about the health ...
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Georgia chemical lab fire prompts road closures and evacuations
At around 5 a.m., a sprinkler head malfunctioned at the BioLab plant in Conyers, “causing a mixture with a water reactive ...
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Residents told to evacuate or take shelter after Georgia chemical plant fire
Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel told reporters that a sprinkler head malfunctioned around 5 a.m. Sunday at the BioLab plant in Conyers. That caused water to mix with a water-reactive ...
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Residents in Conyers, Ga., told to shelter in place following chemical plant fire
Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel told reporters that a sprinkler head malfunctioned around 5 a.m. Sunday at the BioLab plant in Conyers. That caused water to mix with a water-reactive ...
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Interstate is closed outside Atlanta as residents evacuate due to a chemical plant fire
The fire ignited when a sprinkler head malfunctioned around 5 a.m. Sunday at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel told reporters. The malfunction caused water to ...
Conyers BioLab fire 'under control,' I-20 blocked off, nearly 17K evacuated
Georgia Emergency Management Agency Homeland Security on behalf of Rockdale County EMA has issued a SHELTER IN PLACE order ...