Chemical tank leak in California prompts evacuation of 40,000 people
發佈日期: 2026-05-23 20:25
TVB News
In Southern California, some 40,000 people were under evacuation orders as authorities were racing to figure out how to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts.
A storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate overheated and began venting vapours into the air at an aerospace plastics facility in Garden Grove, a city in Orange County.
Officials ordered residents in Garden Grove to leave and expanded evacuation orders Friday to some residents of five other Orange County cities - Cypress, Stanton, Anaheim, Buena Park and Westminster.
This after they failed to stop the leakage overnight on the tank at GKN Aerospace which makes parts for commercial and military aircraft.
