It’s sometimes easier and more effective to quickly find a lid and cover the fire instead. Though baking soda and salt effectively put out grease fires, other powdered ingredients can worsen fires.

Authorities in the U.S. state of Georgia on Sunday issued evacuation orders after a chemical plant caught fire near Atlanta, sending up plumes of black smoke. A sprinkler malfunction early in the ...

Newton County Schools will be closed on Monday because of a chemical fire. Rockdale Schools are off this week, 12-month employees will work remotely. Smoke could be visible for several days.

CONYERS, Ga. -- Thousands of people were told to stay home with their windows shut Monday after a Sunday fire at a Georgia chemical plant caused a chemical reaction that forced around 17,000 ...

A weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky has led to complaints about a strong chemical smell and haze several miles away across metro Atlanta ...

Authorities are now reporting a "strong chemical smell" in the Atlanta area following a chemical plant fire east of Georgia’s capital city that has forced more than 90,000 residents to remain ...

Thousands of people were told to stay home with their windows shut Monday after a Sunday fire at a Georgia chemical plant caused a chemical reaction that forced around 17,000 people to evacuate ...