Businesses in Rockdale County are working to financially recover from the chemical plant fire. Many were forced to close their doors because of the shelter-in-place order issued Sunday.

People in multiple counties are now reporting a chlorine smell and smoke spreading after a chemical plant fire in Rockdale County. It’s not just Rockdale County that is feeling its effects. Channel 2 Action News viewers in DeKalb,

Rockdale County is asking residents once again to shelter in place due to a plume banking down in the county. The new alert came hours after the county had lifted a previous shelter-in-place order for a fire that broke out at the Biolab chemical plant on Sunday.

The Georgia Poison Center has set up a hotline for calls relating to air quality. This comes days after thousands were displaced after a chemical fire broke out Sunday morning at the Biolab facility on Old Covington Highway in Rockdale County.

A small fire on the plant’s roof was initially contained but reignited Sunday afternoon, authorities said. 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.

An environmental justice group said their air quality readings were concerning after a chemical fire at BioLab in Rockdale County.