Haze and a chlorine odor will likely descend upon Atlanta on Thursday, as officials struggle to contain the fallout from a Georgia chemical lab fire that ignited Sunday.
With weather models predicting a wind shift, there is a high likelihood that people across metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine, GEMA/HS said in the release.
While the air quality findings announced Wednesday were above the action level for chlorine, GEMA/HS says workers on site have continued to make progress in neutralizing the product.
Periodic increases in chlorine levels around the facility are expected as this process continues, the agency said.
GEMA/HS says chlorine levels in the air sit at safe levels.
Persons:
Haze, BURNS, Thomas Chastain, Chastain
Organizations:
Georgia Emergency Management, Homeland Security Agency, U.S . Environmental Protection Agency, Georgia Poison Center
Locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, Conyers , Georgia, Conyers, Rockdale County, Rockdale, GEMA