Emergency evacuations took place in Georgia following a chemical plant fire outside Atlanta that spewed potentially toxic smoke into the air.

A reaction following a fire at a Georgia chemical plant Sunday morning forced evacuations, shelter-in-place advisories and road closures in the area, according to Rockdale County officials. The fire broke out on the roof of BioLab in Conyers,

A chemical plant fire that ignited Sunday has left more than 90,000 residents of a Georgia county sheltering in place. The big picture: Air quality surveys detected chlorine, a harmful irritant, in the air emitting from the Conyers,