Two years after a chemical fire outside Atlanta blanketed the city in smoke and sent a community running from toxic fumes, first responders and residents of Conyers, Georgia, have come together in a lawsuit.
Three plaintiffs — Cachia Rose, Edwin Gonzalez, and Aaron Tate, as named in the lawsuit — allege a fire and toxic plume at a Bio-Lab chemical manufacturing and storage facility on Sept. 29, 2024, caused “severe pulmonary injuries.” The group includes two first responders with the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office.
The plaintiffs allege Bio-Lab and the parent company, Kik LLC, had a history of chemical storage issues, and staff incorrectly tried to put out a water-reactive chemical reaction by adding water before the fire began, thereby causing the fire and toxic gas plume…