Rep. Derek Tran explains next steps following chemical tank crisis in Orange County
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KPBSIn summary, a tank at a Garden Grove aerospace plant nearly exploded and released a toxic chemical cloud over 50,000 evacuated residents; here's what regulators knew before it happened. This article is also available in English. Read it here. For six days, over a holiday weekend, a chemical tank at an Orange County aerospace plant was on the verge of exploding, and more than 50,000 people had to evacuate while crews worked to stop the explosion.…
A chemical tank nearly exploded. Did California’s regulators miss the signs?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for its newsletters. For six days over a holiday weekend, a chemical tank in an Orange County aerospace plant threatened to explode, and more than 50,000 people had to leave while crews figured out how to stop it. The tank kept getting hotter. A valve in the tank’s cooling system had failed. Officials used drones to read the tank’s temperature from the outside. Ground crews set up an “un…
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