MMA Tank in Garden Grove Triggers Large-Scale Evacuation in SoCal

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About 40,000 Orange County residents were ordered to evacuate as a large MMA-filled storage tank at a Garden Grove aerospace facility risked explosion; authorities spent days cooling the tank, with schools closed and air quality monitored as engineers work to prevent rupture or vapor release from the highly volatile, toxic chemical.
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- Map shows Garden Grove hazmat incident and evacuation around aerospace plant Orange County Register
- Garden Grove chemical leak: Evacuations, closures, shelters Los Angeles Times
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