Rockdale County officials extended a shelter-in-place order through the weekend as cleanup efforts at the site of a now-extinguished fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers kicked up more smoke Friday.
There is no timetable for when that work will be finished. County offices, which have been closed since Sept. 30, are expected to reopen to the public Monday, according to a Rockdale news release.
Officials across southeastern parts of metro Atlanta warned residents again Friday that they may continue to see hazy skies and smell a chlorine odor through the weekend. People who live near the plant have also reported finding sooty debris on their properties, and the city of Conyers directed them to contact Rockdale’s emergency management agency for it to be collected…