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.
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.”
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.
Chemical plant fire forces evacuations in Georgia
Emergency evacuations took place in Georgia following a chemical plant fire outside Atlanta that spewed potentially toxic smoke into the air.
Chemical plant fire in Georgia forces 90,000 residents to take shelter
More than 90,000 residents east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday a day after a chemical plant fire sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could been seen for miles.
Over 90,000 Georgia residents sheltering a day after chemical plant fire sent chlorine into the air
Authorities say chlorine has been detected in the air from the fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers, east of Atlanta.
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