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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Christopher Weber and Martha Bellisle

FBI serves search warrant at Southern California chemical plant that forced evacuations

Federal authorities have executed a search warrant at a Southern California aerospace facility, following a chemical tank overheating incident last month that prompted the evacuation of 50,000 residents.

The warrant, approved by a federal judge, authorizes the seizure of documents and records pertaining to the "storage, use, or disposal" of methyl methacrylate, the chemical involved in the potentially catastrophic event.

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