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“We want them gone,” Rockdale County Commissioner Sherri Washington said at a press conference Monday. Rockdale residents and business owners have filed more than a dozen lawsuits since the fire. The county plans to file its suit once commissioners approve a contract with a legal firm at their Tuesday meeting. Commissioners hope to hold BioLab and its parent company, KIK Consumer Products, accountable for negligence and misconduct, in part through remediation and compensation for damages to the affected areas and residents.
Last month’s fire at the plant in Conyers, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta, spread a strong chemical smell and haze across a wide area. Authorities ordered about 17,000 Rockdale County residents to evacuate andBioLab has said it will remediate the situation, and opened a Community Assistance Center last week for residents and business owners to file claims.