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Garden Grove chemical threat: 40,000 evacuated as overheated tank faces explosion or leak

Roughly 40,000 people remain under evacuation orders in Garden Grove and surrounding areas Saturday, as authorities monitor a compromised chemical storage tank that authorities said is either going to...

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California chemical tank near Disneyland at risk of exploding, 40,000 residents are ordered to evacuate

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What to know about California chemical tank set to explode or leak

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California Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency for Orange County chemical leak as officials search for solutions

Officials are desperately searching for a safe resolution as internal temperatures inside a leaking toxic chemical tank at an Orange County aerospace facility continue to rise, creating a "significant...

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Evacuation centers fill up in Southern California as efforts continue to cool damaged chemical tank

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Thousands evacuated in Southern California due to failing chemical tank

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What Is GKN Aerospace?

The chemical leak that prompted evacuations in Orange County, Calif., on Friday occurred at GKN Aerospace, a manufacturing company based in the U.K. that produces jet engines, landing gear and other c...

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Company at center of Garden Grove chemical threat paid nearly $1 million to settle 2021 environmental violations

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Orange County chemical tank leak triggers massive evacuations

What is methyl methacrylate, the chemical that's caused a state of emergency in southern California?

A growing crisis at an aerospace plant in southern California involving a storage tank at risk of exploding has many wondering what exactly the hazardous chemical inside the tank is.

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CA fire officials unsure when toxic chemical could reach point of explosion inside tank

CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield speaks with Capt. Steve Concialdi with the Orange County Fire Authority about efforts to cool down a highly toxic and flammable chemical tank to avoid a catastrophic explosion.

Why is the Orange County chemical tank crisis so hard to fix?

Evacuation orders have been issued in portions of the cities of Garden Grove, Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, Stanton and Westminster.

RTÉ Ireland

40,000 evacuate over LA chemical tank explosion risk

US firefighters warned a tank of toxic chemicals in California is heating up, adding to fears of a catastrophic explosion that has already forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate.