Erin Goldstein hoped to provide refuge for Spirit, a rescue horse with respiratory problems. She had to evacuate him after a fire at the BioLab chemical plant.

The fire at the BioLab chemical plant and the subsequent emissions have created a challenging environment for Iyiana and her family. Her father, Eric Clemons, told Channel 2′s Tom Regan that its impact had on them. “We are very affected because (there was) a whole cloud was right there,” Eric Clemons said.

People in multiple counties are reporting a chlorine smell and smoke spreading after a chemical plant fire in Rockdale County. A fire broke out Sunday morning at the Biolab facility on Old Covington Highway.

CONYERS, Ga. — Shena Chambers has called Conyers home since she was a kid. Now, she's raising kids of her own and raising a fuss over a plume from the BioLab chemical plant that left debris all over her yard.

Rockdale County is asking residents once again to shelter in place due to a plume banking down in the county. The new alert came hours after the county had lifted a previous shelter-in-place order for a fire that broke out at the Biolab chemical plant on Sunday.

The new alert comes hours after the county had lifted a previous shelter-in-place order for a fire that broke out at the Biolab chemical plant on Sunday.

The Rockdale County government released this video narrated by Fire Chief James Robinson talking about the chemical plume at the BioLab faculty on Oct. 4, 2024.

The massive plume of smoke from a fire Sunday at a chemical plant in Rockdale County has resulted in a week-long shelter in place order.