What you need to know:
- 17,000 people near the Biolab facility have been evacuated
- Several schools, county offices and businesses are closed nearby
- Fire started around 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning
- Plumes of smoke still seen coming from facility
- Roof of building has collapsed along with several walls
- Unclear what chemical is still burning
Facility has a history of incidents:
Thousand of people remain evacuated from their homes after a chemical fire broke out Sunday morning at the Biolab facility on Old Covington Highway.
The building’s sprinkler system reacted with chemicals inside, sending potentially toxic fumes skyward…