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40,000 people under evacuation orders after chemical tank leak in Southern California

evacuation orders after chemical tank leak in Southern California ![Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey speaks during a news

California chemical tank has cracked causing state of emergency, thousands to evacuate

news, sort of** The incident at GKN Aerospace began Thursday, according to emergency responders. It remains unclear exactly what went wrong, but the chemicals in the tank began to exceed a safe temperature. Methyl methacrylate

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California, [have warned that an overheated chemical tank “will fail”](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/chemical-tank-california-epa-lee-zeldin) and could result in a chemical explosion in the area, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator said yesterday. “We’re being told that

California: 40,000 people ordered to evacuate over chemical leak fears

California](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california) have ordered the evacuation of 40,000 people Friday over concerns about a chemical leak that threatened to spill or explode. The problem arose on Thursday at a facility owned

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chemicals in a tank at the facility began exceeding safe temperature limits. Authorities evacuated residents to protect them from the [risk of a large explosion and the harmful fumes](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/24/nx-s1-5833165/california-chemical-tank-malfunction-leak-explode-emergency-evacuate) it could produce

Overheated chemical tank in southern California ‘will fail’, EPA chief says

California](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california), Zeldin said, would be “an explosion that results in other tanks to explode. That’s the reason why you see such a big evacuation that’s been done in the surrounding