Kenny Johnson, the 62-year-old environmental supervisor for Rockdale County’s Soil and Water Conservation District, tragically died Tuesday after collapsing near the Georgia State Capitol.
Johnson was attending a public hearing concerning a recent chemical fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia.
The meeting was focused on assessing the long-term impacts of the toxic plume that emerged following the fire on September 29.
The BioLab facility, located about 30 miles east of Atlanta, caught fire last month.