Posted on 09/29/2024 2:28:20 PM PDT by CFW
ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — A fire at Biolab, a chemical plant in Rockdale County, is causing the evacuation of people who live nearby as well as a number of road closures, including I-20.
The sheriff’s office says they evacuated the area near Biolab on Old Covington Highway on Sunday morning, and are telling others to shelter in place for the time being.
At 1 p.m., the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office updated the zone where they are asking people to evacuate their homes.
Officials say they are also blocking off I-20 in both directions between Salem Road and Turner Hill Road.
Residents in the area should “remain indoors and keep windows closed to minimize exposure to any potential hazards,” the sheriff’s office said on their Facebook page.
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How did it start?
No word yet on how it started.
We have people coming to north Georgia from NC and SC looking for some relief. They may not find it here. Local gas stations have run out of fuel due to people getting off the interstate looking for gas. Now, one of the major interstate roads through Atlanta is shut down in both directions due to a chemical plant explosion.
Nightmare.
I’m just glad the Big Chicken isn’t affected by this.
Apparently a sprinkler System malfunctioned soaking chemicals that ignite when wet
Drone video from a couple of hours ago
https://rumble.com/v5gtbvg-drone-video-of-the-conyers-biolab-fire.html
I heard of stations in Lexington county running dry.
Thanks for that update. I was looking while listening to a news report to see if there was word on the cause yet.
Trump should do a flyover Georgia and No carolina and run ad “where is Kamala
Thank you for that. You would think that a chemical plant containing chemicals that ignite when wet wouldn’t have a water sprinkler system.
Yep.
Which immediately raises the question of why chemicals that ignite when wet are being stored somewhere where they can get wet.
Or that the chemicals were kept in waterproof containers.
DEI staff knows best
Or should I say noes best
And IH-40 is shutdown from Tennessee border to near Hickory, NC. As are most roads in western North Carolina due to mud/rock slides or collapsed roads and bridges from heavy rains and flooding.
They don’t know when they will get IH-40 repaired and back into service.
That leaves IH-10 or State Hi way and back roads for a huge amount of traffic including Freight Trucking and that’s going to make prices go up for even basic items. And the putzheads in the district of corruption will not help or fix anything.
I’m waiting for the first ones to blame President Donald J. Trump for all of this mess. (We know it’s coming.)
been to Hickory quite a few times, prayers up...
I’m hoping that I can get there on the 3rd for Pain Clinic Appointment.
"The building’s sprinkler system reacted with chemicals inside, sending potentially toxic fumes skyward.
Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDonald said they were forced to use water to put out the fire while knowing it would cause a continued chemical reaction.
She knows because she’s had to fight fires like this before at the exact same plant.
“I’ve been with the county for 7 years, and this is probably the 3rd event of this magnitude.
Channel 2 Action News was there for the last major incident in 2020 when a similar situation forced Interstate-20 to close for six hours.
A later investigation found the water reacted with a compound used to create pool treatment products and released chlorine gas into the air."
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