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SECURITYMay 23 · 01:12 UTCGUARDIAN USRoque Planas

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

Authorities in Orange County, California, ordered the evacuation of 40,000 people due to a chemical leak at a GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove. A storage tank holding methyl methacrylate, a highly flammable chemical used in resins and plastics, was deemed 'actively in crisis' and posed a risk of spill or explosion.

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