40,000 people under evacuation orders for a chemical tank leak in Southern California (opens in new tab)

Water is sprayed on a tank that overheated at an aerospace plant in Garden Grove, Calif., Friday, May 22, 2026. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)2026-05-22T22:47:25Z 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 40,000 people were under evacuation orders in the area.A storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons (22,700 ...