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California: 40,000 people ordered to evacuate over chemical leak fears
Authorities in Orange County, California, ordered the evacuation of 40,000 residents after a storage tank containing methyl methacrylate at a GKN Aerospace facility entered a state of crisis. Officials warn the tank could fail and spill chemicals or undergo a thermal runaway explosion.
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10 tagsevacuationchemical leakmethyl methacrylatetank failureexplosion riskhazmatGKN AerospaceGarden GroveOrange Countypublic safety
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California: 40,000 people ordered to evacuate over chemical leak fears
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