GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Officials say they are lifting evacuation orders for final 16,000 residents near a damaged chemical tank in California.
Officials had said earlier that the risk of a catastrophic explosion had largely passed. Officials had ordered evacuations in Garden Grove near Los Angeles last Thursday after the tank at an aerospace plant overheated.
The tank contains methyl methacrylate, which is highly flammable. Health officials have assured residents that there was no contamination or fumes released. Officials say they will keep monitoring the air for several months and checking the sewer and storm drains.
