Authorities in Southern California’s Orange County said Monday that the threat of a chemical tank suffering a catastrophic explosion has been “eliminated,” but said that evacuation orders are still in effect.
The Orange County Fire Department said the risk of a “massive explosion” caused by expanding vapor from a compromised chemical tank in Garden Grove, near Los Angeles, has passed, but added, “there is still an ongoing threat to public safety.”
“There is still no chemical leak, as verified by continuous atmospheric monitoring,” the department said in a post on X.
Located at a GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, the tank is filled with 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a flammable chemical that can also cause serious respiratory problems….