SECURITYMay 23 · 23:20 UTCLA TIMES — LOCALRong-Gong Lin II, Hannah Fry, Corinne Purtill, Emily St. Martin

Garden Grove's chemical crisis: Thousands flee as conditions worsen at damaged tank

A failing chemical tank at GKN Aerospace in Orange County caused mass evacuations as firefighters worked to prevent a potential MMA blast. Rising temperatures at the damaged tank heightened fears of a catastrophic explosion.

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