Chemical Cloud Moving Around Atlanta’s Suburbs Prompts New Shelter-in-Place Alert

Chemical Cloud Moving Around Atlanta’s Suburbs Prompts New Shelter-in-Place Alert
Smoke fills the air from a fire at the nearby BioLab plant in Conyers, Ga., on Sept. 29, 2024, in a still from video. WSB-TV via AP
The Associated Press
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Residents east of Atlanta were again warned Tuesday to take shelter where they are if shifting winds push the still-billowing chemical cloud from a chlorine factory fire over their neighborhood.

A shelter-in-place order had just ended Monday evening for Rockdale County, where the chemical fire sent a huge plume of orange and black smoke into the Georgia sky on Sunday. People complained about a strong chemical smell and haze for many miles around the BioLab plant in Conyers, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.