Rockdale County plans to sue BioLab in a lawsuit following a chemical release and fire at its Conyers, Ga., facility last month.
At a news conference Monday morning, County Commissioner Sherry Washington said the county commission has filed a federal lawsuit against Napoli Shkolnik.
“BioLab has had at least four cases of negligence in the 20 years they have been operating in this community,” she said, adding, “At this point, their risk to our community outweighs the benefit we receive from their work.” “It's much more than that,” he added. This county. ”
“I will fight to my last breath to remove them,” she declared.
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The fire broke out on September 29th at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia. (Ian Stinson, via Storyful)
Rockdale County Commissioner Doreen Williams said the family had to be evacuated.
“If you could see a picture of the plume passing over our house, you would understand the seriousness of this,” she said.
At a Sept. 29 press conference, Rockdale County Fire Rescue Chief Marian McDaniel said there was a sprinkler head failure and a “water-reactive chemical” caused the “plume.”
She said that after the sprinklers went off, they “mixed with that chemical and from there the wiring and everything else led to the fire.” “So it was contained to a small area on the rooftop and contained very quickly,” she said.
Earlier this month, BioLab announced that chlorine, one of the chemicals stored at the facility, was released during the fire.
“The fire and the water used to extinguish it caused smoke to emit from the facility. Additionally, when chemicals stored within the facility come into contact with water, they slowly release chlorine. “This release, and the water required to control it, caused a continuous visible fog over our facility.” said on October 4th.
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Some Georgia residents were evacuated after a fire broke out at the BioLab plant in Conyers. (Ian Stinson, via Storyful)
BioLab said in a subsequent press release that “chemicals at the site have been treated and/or secured, there is no longer any smoke at the site, and the EPA has recorded no air quality exceedances in the community for 72 hours.” “
The curfew was lifted countywide on Oct. 17, according to a Rockdale County press release.
“Our primary focus is on Biolab and its parent company, KIK Consumer products, and we will hold them accountable for the negligence and misconduct we uncovered,” Napoli Shkolnik partner Shayna Sachs said in a press conference. That's true.'' “We will seek comprehensive remediation of all affected areas and seek fair compensation for the harm to the county and its residents.”
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On Sunday, September 29th, a large plume of smoke rises above a chemical plant in Conyers, Georgia. (Alvarez Kennedy/Reuters)
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