Shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 Georgia residents is lifted after chemical fire
Authorities on Monday night ended a shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 people east of Atlanta following a weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky and led to complaints about a strong chemical smell and haze.
Shelter-in-place and evacuation orders have now been lifted in Rockdale County as the EPA continues to run air quality tests.
For everyone sheltering in place, the best practice is to turn the air conditioning off and keep windows and doors shut,” a ...
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Other counties reporting smell & haze: The City of Atlanta says fire personnel and Hartsfield-Jackson airport personnel are ...
CONYERS, Ga. — More than 90,000 residents east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday a day after a chemical ...
A massive explosion at a chemical plant in Georgia caused a huge plume of smoke, and authorities have instructed residents ...
The greater Atlanta region could not catch a break this weekend after days of rain prior to Hurricane Helene passing by ...
Air quality surveys done by the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Environmental Protection Division “revealed the ...
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens also later said in the afternoon that fire personnel had detected a "small faint amount of chlorine in the air" that was "not at exceeding levels... where humans can deal ...
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