Over 90,000 Georgia residents taking shelter after chemical fire as ...
WEB2 days ago — 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 mix with a water-reactive chemical, producing a …
A fire at a Georgia chemical plant is forcing evacuations and road …
WEB3 days ago — CNN —. A fire at a Georgia chemical plant apparently caused by a sprinkler head malfunction Sunday morning is forcing evacuations and road closures in the area, according to Rockdale County ...
Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to …
WEB12 hours ago — Three days after a chemical fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia, sent a huge plume of orange and black smoke into the sky on Sunday, Rockdale County emergency officials recommend that residents shelter in place from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. each night until Friday. Air quality readings may reach “concerning levels” during those times for ...
90,000 Georgia residents sheltering after chemical plant fire sent ...
WEB3 days ago — Smoke rises after a chemical fire broke out on the roof of a BioLab plant, forcing mandatory evacuations and road closures in Conyers, Georgia, on Sept. 29, 2024. Peter Zay / Anadolu via Getty Images
Fire at Rockdale County BioLab in Georgia Prompts Evacuations
WEB3 days ago — The federal agency investigating the fire published a report in April 2023 on the company, BioLab, after two other chemical releases from their plants, both of which occurred in 2020. The agency ...
Georgia chemical lab fire prompts evacuations, shelter-in ... - NBC News
WEB3 days ago — By Mirna Alsharif and Dennis Romero. Residents of an entire Georgia county were asked to shelter in place after a fire and ongoing chemical release erupted at a plant east of Atlanta on Sunday ...
ROCKDALE COUNTY CHEMICAL FIRE: I-20 closed, 17,000 in
WEB3 days ago — September 29, 2024 at 8:10 am EDT. ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — A fire at Biolab, a chemical plant in Conyers, is causing the evacuation of people who live nearby as well as a number of road closures ...
BioLab fire: Rockdale County nightly shelter-in-place order …
WEB3 days ago — Rockdale County has issued a nightly shelter-in-place order due to potential hazardous exposure to smoke and chemicals from a weekend BioLab facility fire. Residents are advised to stay indoors ...
Atlanta likely to be covered by haze and chlorine odor from chemical …
WEB9 hours ago — Oct. 2, 2024, 1:35 PM PDT. By Gabriella Rudy. Haze and a chlorine odor will likely descend upon Atlanta on Thursday, as officials struggle to contain the fallout from a Georgia chemical lab fire ...
Conyers BioLab fire update: Residents continue to shelter-in-place
WEB11 hours ago — BioLab fire: Shelter-in-place continues; Atlanta residents may soon smell chlorine. Another shelter-in-place has been ordered as county officials continue to monitor plumes that have circulated in ...