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Over 40,000 evacuated in California chemical leak

California firefighters say threat of massive explosion in Orange County chemical tank has been "eliminated"

More than 50,000 people in California remain evacuated due to an Orange County chemical leak that prompted Gov. Newsom to request that President Trump issue a Federal Emergency Declaration.

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

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State of emergency declared over Southern California chemical leak

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Massive blast ruled out at California chemical leak in Orange County as officials say crisis is "not over"

Firefighters were alerted Thursday to a chemical vapor leak from a failing tank at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove that contained methyl methacrylate, a highly flammable toxic epoxy.

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Thousands return home after OC chemical tank threat eases

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Orange County Issues New Evacuation Map as Catastrophic Explosion Threat Ends

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Evacuation orders lifted after threat of California chemical tank explosion is eliminated

A new and reduced evacuation zone has been established, with approximately 16,000 people still unable to return home.

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All evacuation orders lifted after threat of Calif. chemical tank blast averted

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Garden Grove chemical tank cools, risk of catastrophic explosion eliminated

Southern California officials lift all evacuation orders for residents near damaged chemical tank

Thousands of Southern California residents still could not return home Tuesday as crews worked to keep cooling a damaged tank containing a hazardous chemical at an aerospace plant, despite officials saying the risk of a catastrophic explosion had largely passed.

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40,000 Southern Californians ordered to evacuate amid threat of chemical explosion

An estimated 40,000 people in Orange County, California, have been ordered to evacuate over fears that a tank containing a toxic chemical may explode, officials said Friday

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Evacuations reduced in California chemical tank emergency after worst-case explosion risk eliminated

The threat of a chemical tank exploding in Southern California has dwindled, but other risks remain, Orange County fire officials said.

The New York Times

Evacuation Orders Lifted as Southern California Chemical Tank Cools

The risk of an explosion or spill has fallen significantly, the authorities said late Tuesday, and all evacuated residents can now go home. Some have begun to ask who should be held accountable. By Shawn Hubler and Rebecca Fairley Raney Shawn Hubler ...

NBC Los Angeles

Mexican cartels' connections to Southern California explained

A relative of the killed leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," is a California native, according to federal records, as other Mexican cartels try to maintain connections to the United States ...