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Over 90,000 Georgia Residents Taking Shelter After Chemical Fire
« on: September 30, 2024, 01:46:46 PM »
Over 90,000 Georgia Residents Taking Shelter After Chemical Fire
https://time.com/7026805/chemical-fire-conyers-georgia/

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CONYERS, Ga. — More than 90,000 residents east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday a day after a chemical plant fire sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could been seen for miles.

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Closer to the source of the fire, officials said chlorine, a harmful irritant, had been detected in the air from the fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia, the Rockdale County government said in statement early Monday. The plant is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of downtown Atlanta.

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The fire ignited when a sprinkler head malfunctioned around 5 a.m. Sunday at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel told reporters.  The malfunction caused water to mix with a water-reactive chemical, producing a plume of chemicals.

McDaniel said there were employees inside the plant, but no injuries have been reported, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

BioLab’s website says it is the swimming pool and spa water care division of Lawrenceville, Georgia-based KIK Consumer Products.

I heard about this over the weekend.  Initial reports were it was a biolab.  The articles I see refer to it as an industrial plant fire.  The company makes pool cleaning supplies apparently. 
I was getting ready to wonder if this was to cover up something or set up an October surprise, but I guess not.

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Re: Over 90,000 Georgia Residents Taking Shelter After Chemical Fire
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2024, 02:00:08 PM »
When I saw "Biolab" I did a double take yesterday but it's just the name of the company not a bio lab.
But yeah lets store a chemical that reacts with water under a water based fire suppression system.

Kind of reminds me of that warehouse fire at a Chinese port where a bunch calcium carbide was being stored and someone forgot to tell the firefighters  Calcium carbide + water + fire  :O
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Re: Over 90,000 Georgia Residents Taking Shelter After Chemical Fire
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2024, 02:14:15 PM »
When I saw "Biolab" I did a double take yesterday but it's just the name of the company not a bio lab.
But yeah lets store a chemical that reacts with water under a water based fire suppression system.

Kind of reminds me of that warehouse fire at a Chinese port where a bunch calcium carbide was being stored and someone forgot to tell the firefighters  Calcium carbide + water + fire  :O


I read that yesterday and was just shaking my head at the sheer dumbassery of doing that.


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Re: Over 90,000 Georgia Residents Taking Shelter After Chemical Fire
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2024, 02:16:15 PM »
"The Biden Administration has said that their attempts to ignore the situation have been mostly successful."
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Re: Over 90,000 Georgia Residents Taking Shelter After Chemical Fire
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2024, 02:21:17 PM »
"The Biden Administration has said that their attempts to ignore the situation have been mostly successful."

No POC could be found downwind for a photo op.
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