ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — What you need to know:
- About 17,000 people have been evacuated around Biolab facility.
- I-20 has been shut down between Salem Road and Turner Hill Road.
- Newton County Schools will be closed on Monday because of a chemical fire.
- Rockdale Schools are off this week, 12-month employees will work remotely.
- Smoke could be visible for several days.
- EPA and the EPD are both on scene assessing the situation.
- Fire started around 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
- The sprinkler system reacted with a chemical inside the factory.
- Roof has collapsed on building along with several walls.
- Piedmont Rockdale has moved some patients, others to shelter-in-place.
What happened:
All Rockdale County residents have been ordered to shelter in place after a chemical fire broke out at the Biolab facility on Old Covington Highway.
Officials are stressing that people should take this seriously.
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