Authorities lifted a shelter-in-place order for 90,000 people near Atlanta. Orders to evacuate or stay inside were issued after a chemical plant caught fire Sunday -- creating smoke and strong odors.

Rockdale County is recommending that people across the county shelter in place from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. through Friday Other communities being impacted by the plume of smoke. County says the immediate ...

As the massive smoke plume from Sunday’s chemical plant fire in Conyers, Georgia, continues to hover over Rockdale County and surrounding communities, residents have filed the first lawsuits ...

The fire, extinguished Sunday, caused a chemical reaction when the sprinkler system activated, mixing hazardous material on ...

An environmental justice group said their air quality readings were concerning after a chemical fire at BioLab in Rockdale ...

Public health officials insist the air, fouled by burning “chlorines, chloramine and chlorine compounds” from a chemical ...

ATLANTA — (AP) — Residents east of Atlanta were again warned Tuesday to take shelter where they are if shifting winds push ...

Rockdale County residents went to bed Monday night under the impression that a shelter-in-place order had been lifted following Sunday’s massive chemical fire at a local plant.

Although the name of the chemical plant where the Georgia fire took place is called "BioLab," the plant is not a biological laboratory. BioLab manufactures pool and spa supplies.

The new alert comes hours after the county had lifted a previous shelter-in-place order for a fire that broke out at the Biolab chemical plant on Sunday.

People who already have respiratory conditions affecting these parts of the body may be more likely to develop symptoms from ...

Representatives for BioLab and KIK did not immediately comment on the lawsuits. In a written statement on Monday, KIK said the community’s safety is its top priority. ExploreImpact of chemical fire ...