It’s been one week since a fire broke out at the BioLab facility in Conyers. Right now, nightly shelter-in-place orders remain in effect east of Atlanta. On Friday, officials extended the order into the weekend.

Deputies with the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office advises people to avoid the area around Biolab on Old Covington Highway.

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,

Erin Goldstein hoped to provide refuge for Spirit, a rescue horse with respiratory problems. She had to evacuate him after a fire at the BioLab chemical plant.

Flames reignited sending thick plumes of black smoke through the north side of the county and triggering business closures.

The new alert comes 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 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board said it has sent a team to Rockdale County to investigate that fire at the BioLab facility that has caused a chemical plume that has impacted the metro area for days.

Officials assure Gwinnett County residents of no immediate health risk after a chemical plant fire caused smoke and chlorine smell.

Rockdale County is extending its nightly shelter-in-place order for residents across the county. The Rockdale County Emergency Management Agency is telling all residents to stay in their homes from 7 p.