BIOLAB FIRE: Chlorine levels 22 times higher than normal
WEB19 hours ago · ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — Chlorine levels around the BioLab factor that burned down over the weekend continue to be at elevated levels as crews work to clear the chemicals causing a massive plume...
Shelter-in-place order for 90,000 Georgia residents lifted after ...
WEB3 days ago · Closer to the source of the fire, officials said chlorine, a harmful irritant, had been detected in the air from the fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia, the Rockdale County government said in a statement Monday. The plant is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of downtown Atlanta.
Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory ... - Associated Press News
WEB21 hours ago · Authorities say heavy smoke is causing low visibility along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta from chemicals spewing from a beleaguered chlorine facility.
Atlanta likely to be covered by haze and chlorine odor from ... - NBC News
WEB18 hours ago · Air quality monitoring detected elevated chlorine levels overnight around a BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, according to a press release on Wednesday from the Georgia Emergency Management...
Conyers BioLab: Shelter-in-place, evacuation orders lifted a day …
WEB3 days ago · Air quality surveys conducted by state and federal agencies “revealed the harmful irritant chlorine” coming from the facility, county officials said in a news release Monday morning.
Shelter-in-place advisory extended in Georgia county after chlorine ...
WEB3 days ago · 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.
Georgia BioLab plant fire sparks evacuations after plume releases ...
WEB2 days ago · Fire at Georgia chemical plant releases chlorine into the air, authorities say. Rockdale County officials ordered people to evacuate the area near the BioLab plant in Conyers, Ga., and they said...
90,000 Georgia residents sheltering after chemical plant ... - CBS News
WEB3 days ago · Air quality surveys done by the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Environmental Protection Division "revealed the harmful irritant chlorine" detected in the air from the fire at the...
Fire at Rockdale County BioLab in Georgia Prompts Evacuations
WEB3 days ago · A small fire broke out on the roof of a plant for BioLab, a manufacturer of pool and spa treatment products, at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Fire Chief Marian McDaniel of Rockdale County said at a...
Georgia chemical lab fire prompts evacuations, shelter-in-place …
WEB3 days ago · Chlorine is unstable and, when released, can create a gaseous and toxic plume, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. It also reacts with water and other chemicals, the CDC...