More than 90,000 residents in a county east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday and businesses were told to stay closed a day after a chemical plant fire sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could been seen for miles.

A massive fire at a chemical plant in Georgia prompted the evacuation of 17,000 people, as well as a shelter-in-place order for many others. The shelter-in-place order for Rockdale County was extended indefinitely,

Thousands of people were evacuated Sunday when a chemical plant fire sent a large, hazardous plume of smoke into the air about 30 miles east of Atlanta. It's unclear when residents can return home.