Los Angeles, May 24 (IANS) California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Orange County as emergency crews worked to cool down a tank containing volatile industrial chemicals at an aerospace manufacturing facility in Garden Grove.”The safety of Orange County residents is the top priority,” Newsom said in a statement on Saturday, adding that California was deploying all available resources to support responders and affected communities, Xinhua news agency reported.Taking to soc…
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California, May 23 (IANS) About 40,000 residents in Southern California were under evacuation orders after a leaking tank of volatile industrial chemical at an aerospace manufacturing facility sparked fears of a major explosion or toxic spill, according to local authorities. Authorities on Friday (local time) said the leak began Thursday afternoon at a facility in Garden Grove, a city in Orange County, where an overheated storage tank holding methyl methacrylate — a flammable chemical used in t…