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Southern California chemical tank at risk of exploding as 40, 000 residents are ordered to evacuate
22+ hour, 35+ min ago (507+ words) Authorities braced for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into the Memorial Day weekend for 40, 000 residents wit. .....
Red Cross, shelters help Southern California chemical tank evacuees as evacuation order remains
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Fourth day of chemical leak in Orange County, California
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (33+ words) Yahoo Fire crews in Orange County, California, are in their fourth day of trying to cool a failing chemical tank at an aerospace facility....
Potential crack found on Garden Grove chemical tank, reducing explosion risk
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (1345+ words) With evacuation shelters reaching capacity as more than 40, 000 people were asked to leave their homes, officials laboring to prevent an explosion at a crippled chemical tank in Garden Grove reported tentative progress Sunday in ending the crisis. TJ Mc Govern,…...
California Chemical Tank Update: Suspected Crack Suggests Strategy Shift
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (623+ words) Southern California emergency officials announced Sunday that a late-night firefighter reconnaissance mission revealed a potential crack in a volatile chemical tank at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove. The discovery could significantly alter the response strategy to the days-long…...
Disneyland Says It Is Monitoring Orange County Chemical Incident
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (733+ words) Disneyland officials told Newsweek that the Anaheim resort in Orange County, California, remains fully operational and unaffected by an ongoing hazardous materials crisis just miles away. In an email on Sunday, officials stated that the parks remain open to guests,…...
Dangers from damaged California chemical tank persist. Here's what to know
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (493+ words) Authorities scrambled to find a safe resolution as a damaged tank at a Southern California aerospace facility containing a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts prompted an evacuation order affecting thousands of residents. The storage tank at GKN Aerospace…...
Possible fissure in California chemical tank may help prevent explosion, fire official says
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (87+ words) NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Experts trying to prevent a tank of hazardous chemicals from exploding in Southern California found a "potential crack" in the container that might be reducing the...
Crack found in California toxic chemical tank could relieve pressure
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (361+ words) Authorities in California on Sunday said they discovered a crack in a damaged tank of toxic chemicals, potentially relieving pressure as the threat of an explosion has forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. About 40, 000 residents were ordered to…...
Southern California chemical tank may have a crack that could possibly lower risk of explosion
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (1101+ words) A damaged chemical tank in Southern California may have cracked " potentially lowering the risk of a cataclysmic explosion " though an evacuation order remains in effect for some 50, 000 area residents with no timeline on when they can return, fire officials said…...