Associated Press May 23, 2026 • 02:15

40,000 people under evacuation orders for a chemical tank leak in Southern California - AP News

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Claire Rush, Hannah Schoenbaum

40,000 people under evacuation orders for a chemical tank leak in Southern California - AP News

About 40,000 people are under evacuation orders and schools have shut down in Southern California due to a hazardous chemical leak. Officials say a storage tank began leaking methyl methacrylate, a chemical used in making plastic parts. The tank overheated Th…

Authorities in Southern California on Friday were racing to figure out how to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts, as some 40… [+4361 chars]

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