Overheating chemicals tank in California no longer at risk of exploding, fire officials say
Officials said there is no active leak after roughly 40,000 residents evacuated and crews worked to determine whether the tank still posed a public threat.
- Fire officials in Garden Grove, California, said an overheating tank containing flammable methyl methacrylate at a GKN Aerospace facility is no longer at risk of exploding after temperatures and internal pressure declined.
- Authorities said a crack that formed in the tank over the weekend likely helped release pressure, while emergency crews continued cooling operations and monitoring the site with drones.
- Evacuation orders affecting tens of thousands of residents remained in place as officials warned there was still potential danger from chemical leaks or contamination despite the reduced explosion threat.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom had declared a state of emergency during the incident, which prompted lawsuits and renewed scrutiny of the aerospace company’s past environmental violations.
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Los Angeles, U.S.A., May 25, (EFE).- Firefighters announced this Monday that they deactivated the threat of a chemical leaking tank in California, United States, and that it had caused the evacuation of thousands of people. Following a mission that lasted overnight, the Orange County Fire Authority announced that the possibility of an explosion “is no longer on the table.” Some 50,000 residents of Southern California were placed on evacuation or…
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UPDATE 1-Overheating chemicals tank in California no longer at risk of exploding, fire officials say
Firefighters contending with an overheating tank of hazardous chemicals in southern California on Monday said an overnight operation had eliminated the possibility of the tank exploding. The tank of highly flammable methyl methacrylate began overheating on Thursday at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, a city of about 172,000 people roughly 20 miles (35 km) south of Los Angeles.
The risk of a catastrophic explosion from a damaged chemical tank in Southern California has been eliminated after a nearby overnight inspection confirmed that a crack in the tank relieved pressure and cooled the chemical, officials said…
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