CONYERS, Ga. — Some locals east of Atlanta were left while others were informed to shelter in location Sunday to prevent pollutants from a chemical plant fire that sentout a enormous plume of dark smoke high into the sky that might be seen from miles away.
Interstate 20 was shut down in both instructions in the location, the Georgia Department of Transportation stated in a post on X. Reports stated traffic was snarled as automobiles backed up in the location after the closure.
The fire sparked when a sprinkler head malfunctioned around 5 a.m. Sunday at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel informed pressreporters. The breakdown triggered water to mix with a water-reactive chemical, producing a plume of chemicals.
McDaniel stated there were workers inside the plant however no injuries haveactually been reported at this time, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
The paper stated the rippling cloud of smoke was noticeable Sunday afternoon as far as 30 miles (50 kilometers) away at Atlanta’s worldwide airport south of the city. It included no injuries were instantly reported.
“Once we can get that chemical out of the structure and enable it to burn off we’ll be in a much muchbetter shape,” McDaniel stated.
McDaniel stated she wasn’t sure what chemicals might haveactually been consistedof in the plume.
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