The city of Conyers was evacuated, the wider Rockdale County was put under shelter-in-place guidance and surrounding counties for a time reported the smell of chlorine and a haze in areas.

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — The shelter-in-place order was lifted on Thursday. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials made the announcement with other emergency agencies and county leaders ...

Rockdale County’s nightly shelter-in-place advisory expired Monday morning, more than a week after a fire at a chemical plant prompted officials to advise residents to stay indoors every evening.

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. - Rockdale County has lifted its shelter-in-place order completely 19 days after a chemical fire at a BioLab facility. Officials say the coast is clear, lifting the order ...

A shelter-in-place advisory was issued for 90,000 people in Rockdale County. The fire chief warned about “off-gassing” – when a material releases gas into the air. “There is nothing that ...

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — Rockdale County Commissioner ... sent a large chemical cloud over Metro Atlanta forcing a shelter in place order for days, in some cases weeks. The fire was the fourth ...

Rockdale County will slap BioLab with a lawsuit following a chemical release and fire that erupted last month at a facility in Conyers, Georgia. During a press conference on Monday morning, county ...

Rockdale County is launching a federal lawsuit ... and forcing days of shelter-in-place and evacuation orders for residents. According to a media release, the suit is being filed in the Northern ...

“All the community air monitors were pointing to the shelter in place be lifted,” one EPA official said. According to the Rockdale County fire chief, the massive chemical fire created a plume ...