A sprinkler head malfunctioned around 5 a.m. at a Georgia BioLab plant.
An interstate was closed Sunday outside Atlanta, Georgia as residents evacuate d due to a large chemical plant fire at BioLab in Conyers, video shows.Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent dark, billowing gray smoke into the air.
The fire ignited when a sprinkler head malfunctioned around 5 a.m. Sunday at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel told reporters. The malfunction caused water to mix with a water-reactive chemical, producing a plume of chemicals. McDaniel said she wasn't sure what chemicals may have been contained in the plume.
"We are actively responding to an occurrence at our facility in Conyers, Georgia," a BioLab representative said in a statement provided to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Our employees are accounted for with no injuries reported. Our team is on the scene, working with first responders and local authorities to assess and contain the situation."
People in the northern part of Rockdale County, north of Interstate 20, were ordered to evacuate and others were told to shelter in place with windows and doors closed. Sheriff's office spokesperson Christine Nesbitt did not know the number of people evacuated.
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