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explosion fears as 50,000 residents flee California A damaged chemical tank in southern [California](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california) cracked over the weekend, which authorities were hopeful would relieve pressure and reduce the risk
chemical destroyed the factory and caused blast damage to adjacent buildings. Nobody was killed, but windows were blown out as far as 600 ft. from the blast site. The tank in California suffered damage
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
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