Emergency crews extinguished a fire at a Georgia chemical plant shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday
BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- , allowing officials to lift a shelter-in-place order issued in the afternoon when the fire broke out for the second time in the day.
A shelter-in-place order was issued for a half-mile from the plant at 3:25 p.m. and about an hour later was expanded to a 1-mile radius because of shifting winds, the board said in updates posed on Facebook. Brunswick Mayor Cosby Johnson declared a state of emergency and a shelter-in-place order for the whole city of Brunswick at 6 p.m. Saturday, he said.
A voluntary evacuation was recommend for those within a half-mile of the Pinova site and the city established a shelter for those affected, Johnson said.
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