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A plume rises from a fire at the BioLab facility in Conyer, Georgia on Sunday Sept. 29. A fire at a chemical plant east of Atlanta is forcing evacuations in the area, according to local officials.
Conyers is about 26 miles east of Atlanta, Georgia. On Wednesday, the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency shared an update on the status of the plumes within the area.
Conyers is around 25 miles east of Atlanta, a city of half a million residents. “Thursday morning, metro Atlanta residents may notice a haze and a chlorine smell due to the shifting of winds.
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 ...
BioLab Inc. is a division of KiK Consumer Products that specializes in the manufacturing of chemicals for use in swimming pools. The company has faced ongoing scrutiny regarding its problematic safety record, most recently following a fire at its Conyers, Georgia plant which put 90,000 citizens of the region under shelter-in-place restrictions.
The CERCLA federal law authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1] These locations are known as Superfund sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL).
Georgia officials are dealing with the aftermath of a chemical fire at a swimming pool cleaning facility near Atlanta. The fire, that ignited on Sunday around 5 a.m., started on the roof of a ...
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 ...