Shelter-in-place lifted after BioLab warehouse fire; I-10 reopened [Video]

WESTLAKE, La. (KPLC) – As of 11:20 a.m., the precautionary shelter-in-place has been lifted around the BioLab facility in Westlake after a fire this morning, Louisiana State Police confirm.

I-10, which was closed between the east and west interchanges on I-10/210, is reopening.

The Calcasieu Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP) continues to investigate a warehouse fire at the facility.

BioLab is an industrial area on the service road south of I-10.

Director of OHSEP Jared Maze says they are still working to determine if there is any offsite impact. No injuries have been reported as a result of the fire, which has been extinguished.

Plant monitors have reported non-detect chlorine readings, indicating that chlorine levels are within safe limits, according to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

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