Authorities in a Georgia county located east of Atlanta announced on Sept. 30 that they will extend a shelter-in-place advisory indefinitely because of a chemical plant fire in the area that has been emitting large plumes of black smoke since the morning of Sept. 29.
On Sept. 29, authorities confirmed that a fire in Conyers that started at the BioLab plant, which manufactures pool and spa products, was emitting large plumes of smoke that may contain at least one harmful chemical, chlorine, throughout the metro Atlanta area. There have been no reports of injuries.
