A lawsuit by Rockdale County against BioLab, expected to be filed later this week, will become one of more than a dozen against the company since the Sept. 29 Conyers fire.

Emergency crews have made progress in slowing down the smoke plume from the Biolab plant fire, according to County Chairman and CEO, Oz Nesbitt. He emphasized the importance of handling the ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. People living around the BioLab chemical plant in Rockdale County are grappling with fear and anger over ...

Explore BioLab fire: Chemical cloud has left Rockdale, but grief has not. Cox and other residents note that the Sept. 29 event was at least the fourth significant fire or chemical release from ...

The fire began at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia, on Sept. 29. (Ian Stinson via Storyful) Rockdale County commissioner Doreen Williams said that her family had to evacuate.

Rockdale County has issued a nightly shelter-in-place order due to potential hazardous exposure to smoke and chemicals from a weekend BioLab facility fire. Residents are advised to stay indoors ...

The 2004 fire “prompted mass evacuations due to the release of over 12.5 million pounds of chemicals,” Rockdale County officials said in a recent lawsuit after BioLab’s latest fire.

The fire at the BioLab plant began around 5 a.m. on Sunday before being put out later that afternoon. By that point, smoke clouds had been seen emanating from the facility and some residents were ...

Shelter-in-place recommendations and evacuation orders have been lifted Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate ...

Shelter-in-place recommendations and evacuation orders have been lifted Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate ...

A BioLab employee on fire watch at the Plant 12 storage warehouse reported hearing a “popping sound” as they left a breakroom to do a 5 a.m. check and immediately saw that a product reactive ...