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Thousands told to stay home a day after chemical plant fire sent a plume containing chlorine high into the air

Thousands of people were told to stay home with their windows shut Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate Sunday and left potentially harmful chlorine lingering in the air.

The Washington Post · 10h

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 others should stay home to avoid the “harmful irritant chlorine.”

CBS News · 11h

90,000 Georgia residents sheltering after chemical plant fire sent chlorine into the air

People in the northern part of Rockdale County were ordered to evacuate and others were told to shelter in place with windows and doors closed.

9hon MSN

BioLab plant fire: More than 90K sheltering in place in Georgia as 'strong chemical smell' enters Atlanta area

Authorities in the Atlanta area are now reporting a "strong chemical smell" in the air following a chemical plant fire on ...

Shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 Georgia residents is lifted after chemical fire

More than 90,000 residents in a county east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday and businesses were told ...

Conyers BioLab fire: Large cloud of smoke from Georgia chemical plant blaze seen for miles

For everyone sheltering in place, the best practice is to turn the air conditioning off and keep windows and doors shut,” a ...

1don MSN

Rockdale County residents need to shelter in place after BioLab fire, authorities say

Thousands of people needed to evacuate, and a shelter-in-place order is in place until midnight for Rockdale County after a chemical fire on Sunday, authorities said. An evacuation zone was expanded ...

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