Orange County evacuations as flammable chemical tank nears failure
TL;DR
About 40,000 residents in six Orange County cities were ordered to evacuate as a tank containing up to 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove threatened to rupture or explode; firefighters cooled the tank to buy time while hazmat crews prepared to neutralize vapors, and several schools were closed.
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- Failing chemical tank forces thousands to evacuate in Southern California Al Jazeera
- A night of fear, confusion as thousands flee their homes in O.C. amid chemical crisis Yahoo
- Why is the Orange County chemical tank crisis so hard to fix? Los Angeles Times
- Evacuation orders reissued and expanded, schools closed in Garden Grove as crews work to halt toxic chemical leak coming from tank ABC7 Los Angeles
- How a Chemical Tank in Southern California Came to the Brink of Disaster The New York Times
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