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Chemical plant fire in Georgia sends massive plumes of smoke into the air affecting thousands of residents
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A fire at a BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, has caused significant disruptions in the area. The incident has led to road closures, with Interstate 20 shut down in both directions, and evacuation orders have been issued. Residents in the surrounding area, including over 90,000 people east of Atlanta, have been advised to shelter in place due to the spread of a haze and chemical smell. Fire officials have detected chlorine, a harmful irritant, in the air, which has also affected the city of Atlanta.
Latest plume modeling indicates it moving to the northeast, which it is clearly not.
We are actively responding to an occurrence at our facility in Conyers, Georgia.
Our top priority is ensuring the community's safety, and our teams are working around-the-clock to respond to the ongoing situation at our facility in Conyers, Georgia.
We continue to work collaboratively with first responders and local authorities and have deployed specialized teams from out of state to the site to bolster and support their efforts. We are all focused on remediating the situation as rapidly as possible.
For everyone sheltering in place, the best practice is to turn the air conditioning off and keep windows and doors shut.
Our employees are accounted for with no injuries reported. Our team is on the scene, working with first responders and local authorities to assess and contain the situation.
Once we can get that chemical out of the building and allow it to burn off we'll be in a much better shape.
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- 1.BioLab
- 2.KIK Consumer Products
- 3.Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency
- 4.Facebook
- 5.National Library of Medicine
- 6.US Environmental Protection Agency