Source: International Business Times
Officials said the tank remained unstable and could either rupture and release thousands of gallons of chemicals or explode, creating additional risks for nearby storage tanks and surrounding communities. Getty Images About 40,000 residents in Southern California were under evacuation orders Friday after an overheating storage tank containing a hazardous industrial chemical raised fears of a potentially dangerous leak or explosion at an aerospace manufacturing facility in Orange County. The emergency centered on a GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, roughly 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles, where a storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate began overheating Thursday and venting vapors into the air, authorities said.
