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Crews say a possible pressure-relieving crack behind the methyl methacrylate leak at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove could change their strategy to stop the incident, as roughly 50,000 residents remain evacuated. A state of emergency is in effect, investigations are underway, and air monitoring plus evacuation support continue.
About 40,000 residents across Garden Grove and neighboring cities were ordered to evacuate after a tank storing methyl methacrylate at a Garden Grove aerospace facility became inoperable, raising the risk of a dangerous explosion; authorities cooled the tanks, the EPA is monitoring air, and no injuries have been reported as the situation develops.
A woman has died after a car accident in Irvine, California, where her vehicle submerged in a lake. The Orange County Fire Authority received a report of a car into the lake and found the car submerged with the woman inside. No other passengers were believed to be in the vehicle.
Eleven people were hospitalized after being exposed to high levels of ammonia at an industrial facility in Buena Park, California. The facility was quickly evacuated, and the cause of the leak has not been released. Ammonia exposure can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, throat, and lungs, and can be potentially fatal in high concentrations.