A huge smoke plume erupted from the BioLab chemical plant in Conyers, Georgia, Sunday, causing evacuations and the closure of a six-mile stretch of the I-20 highway. No injuries have been reported and the chemicals causing the issue have yet to be identified, but officials did reveal that a sprinkler sprinkler malfunctioned inside the plant at 5 a.m. and mixed with a “water-reactive” chemical, causing the outburst of smoke.
Even as authorities were giving updates, the problem continued:
A small fire also broke out on the roof of the plant but that fire was contained “quite quickly,” Chief McDaniel said. The fire later reignited, according to Eric J. Levett, the Rockdale County sheriff.
“The fire has started again,” Sheriff Levett said in a video message on Sunday afternoon as he stood on the side of a busy road. “It’s burning pretty good and we are trying to get that…
