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A fire erupted at BioLab , a chemical plant specializing in pool and spa water care, in Conyers , Georgia , on Sunday morning .
Officials ordered 17,000 people to evacuate, and a shelter-in-place order was instituted late Sunday evening for Rockdale County , 30 miles east of Atlanta .
Chlorine is a toxic gas that can have negative short- and long-term health effects.
Health agencies say the chlorine in the air does not pose a threat to most people.
There have been at least three fires at the BioLab plant in Conyers , Georgia , in the past two decades .
Long-term exposure to chlorine can cause long-term health issues such as potentially irreparable lung damage.
The EPA is monitoring the air quality in eight places near the plant and has released three reports with summaries of chemicals detected.
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