Rockdale County chemical plant fire: Plume of smoke is reducing, fire out at Biolab plant
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — People in multiple counties are now reporting a chlorine smell and smoke spreading after a chemical plant fire in Rockdale County. A fire broke out Sunday morning at the Biolab facility on Old Covington Highway. Rockdale County remains under a shelter-in-place order.
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.
Officials say the smoke lingering from the Rockdale County BioLab fire is not toxic, and they say they are actively ...
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Residents evacuate homes after fire at Rockdale County chemical facilityRockdale County residents were told to evacuate or shelter-in-place on Sunday after a fire at a chemical facility in Conyers.
All Rockdale County residents have been ordered to shelter in place after a chemical fire broke out at the Biolab facility on ...
Gwinnett County Schools has canceled all outdoor activities and events Monday due to haze from the Rockdale County chemical ...
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The fire ignited when a sprinkler head malfunctioned early Sunday morning at the BioLab plant about 25 miles southeast of ...
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens also later said in the afternoon that fire personnel had detected a "small faint amount of chlorine in the air" that was "not at exceeding levels... where humans can deal ...
County officials say readings from the Environmental Protection Agency indicate both the air and water are safe.
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