Residents east of Atlanta were once again advised to take shelter in place on Tuesday as a chemical cloud drifted over their neighborhood due to winds shifting the plume from a fire at a chemical plant. The shelter-in-place order had been lifted Monday evening for over 90,000 people closest to the BioLab plant in Conyers, where a fire had caused a massive plume of orange and black smoke to fill the sky on Sunday.
Complaints of a strong chemical smell and haze were reported for miles around the plant, prompting Rockdale County officials to urge residents to shelter in place if the cloud moved over their vicinity. The fire was brought under control on Sunday afternoon, but officials continued to address hot spots in the wreckage on Monday as the polluting smoke lingered due to minimal crosswinds.
