Toxic Insecurity: California's Unreliable Infrastructure Exposed Thousands of residents in Southern California were forced to evacuate their homes on Friday morning after a failing chemical tank at a storage facility in Garden Grove sparked fears of a catastrophic leak or explosion.
The scene was eerily reminiscent of previous industrial disasters that have left communities reeling.
The tank contained up to 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a highly flammable chemical used in the production of plastics.