Garden Grove chemical tank evacuation and emergency shelter information An active chemical emergency is unfolding in Orange County Fire and law enforcement officials have ordered mandatory evacuations for a large area surrounding GKN Aerospace An inoperable valve has left a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate completely unstable First responders warn that the
40,000 ordered to evacuate in Southern California after chemical leak . . . 1 of 3 | About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts that officials said could rupture or explode
Garden Grove chemical leak - Wikipedia California governor Gavin Newsom said on May 27 that officials were beginning to review GKN Aerospace's safety records and those of other chemical plants, including a paper mill in Longview, Washington, where a deadly implosion occurred on May 26, 2026