Iran Press/ Iran News: Neighborhoods near a chemical plant in Georgia where a large fire was burning were evacuated on Monday. The fire sent a thick plume of smoke into the air from the plant, located outside the port city of Brunswick, about 70 miles south of Savannah.
Smoke hazards and risk of explosions prompted officials to order people to leave three neighborhoods within a 1-mile radius of the Symrise chemical plant, Glynn County government spokesperson Katie Baasen said. People within a 3-mile radius were being told to shelter in place.
The fire was initially reported just before 4 a.m. local time on Monday, the Glynn County board of commissioners said in a Facebook post, noting that the plant was evacuated.
The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. 219
