Protesters gathered at the Georgia State Capitol building on Sunday to demand the immediate shutdown of the Conyers BioLab chemical plant that went up in toxic smoke a week ago.

Lawmakers, Conyers residents and environmental groups rallied at the Georgia State Capitol Thursday to call for the shutdown of the BioLab chemical plant that caught fire on Sept. 29.

A chemical plume that's been gassing off in Conyers since a fire at a BioLab facility in Sunday continues to do so Friday, nearly a week later. The fire was put out Sunday, but a reaction, triggered by sprinkler system water pouring onto pool shock chlorination products at the BioLab facility in Conyers,