Cooling fight to avert explosion in Orange County chemical tank
TL;DR
Officials in Garden Grove are cooling a 7,000-gallon methyl methacrylate tank to prevent a thermal runaway, BLEVE or toxic vapor release; cooling has slowed the reaction, but clogged valves blocked a planned neutralizer, leading to expanded evacuations as authorities monitor for explosion risk and environmental damage in an unprecedented local crisis.
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